Catiniidae (beetle)

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Catiniidae
Temporal range: Early Triassic–Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Superfamily: Schizocoleoidea
Family: Catiniidae
Ponomarenko, 1968
Synonyms

Coleocatiniidae Ponomarenko and Prokin, 2015 (unavailable)

Catiniidae is a small extinct family of

elytra (hardened forewings) unlike members of the modern-day families Cupedidae and Ommatidae
which have elytra with window punctures.

The family name Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968 is a junior homonym of

Catiniidae Bocquet and Stock, 1957, used for a family of copepods.[1] Ponomarenko and Prokin (2015) proposed "Coleocatiniidae" as a replacement name for the beetle family, but it is unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as it was not based on an available genus group name at the time.[2] In Kirejtshuk and Prokin (2018), Catiniidae was treated as a synonym of Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977,[3] but this synonymy was not supported by Ponomarenko (2021).[4]

Genera

These six genera belong to the family Catiniidae:[5][6][4]

The genera Cervicatinius and Forticatinius were originally placed in this family by Tan and Ren (2007), but were transferred to the superfamily Cleroidea in 2010.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972.
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