Archostemata
| Archostemata Temporal range:
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| Tenomerga mucida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata Kolbe, 1908 |
| Families | |
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Crowsoniellidae Cupedidae Jurodidae Micromalthidae Ommatidae | |
The Archostemata are the smallest
monophyletic group. Some genetic studies have recovered archostematans as the sister group of Myxophaga.[1]
Taxonomy
There are five extant families.[3][4]
- Family CrowsoniellidaeIablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
- Family Cupedidae Laporte, 1838
- Family Micromalthidae Barber, 1913
- Family Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
- Family Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
See also
References
External links
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