Tetraphalerus
Tetraphalerus is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, It is currently known from two extant species native to South America and several fossil species from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Asia.
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| Genus: | Tetraphalerus Waterhouse, 1901 |
Systematics
According to Kirejtshuk, 2020.[1]
Taxa labelled (?) are considered questionable by Kirejtshuk, 2020
- (?)†Tetraphalerus brevis Ponomarenko, 1964 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- Tetraphalerus bruchi Heller, 1913, recent, Northern Argentina
- (?)†Tetraphalerus collaris Ponomarenko, 1997 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- (?)†Tetraphalerus glabratus Ponomarenko, 1997 Togo-Khuduk Formation, Mongolia, Bajocian/Bathonian
- (?)†Tetraphalerus mongolicus Ponomarenko, 1986 Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- (?)†Tetraphalerus notatus Ponomarenko, 1997 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- Tetraphalerus wagneri Waterhouse, 1901, recent, South America
Other described fossil species:[2]
- †Tetraphalerus largicoxa Lin, 1986 Guanyintan Formation, China Toarcian/Aalenian
- †Tetraphalerus penalveri Soriano & Delclòs, 2006 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian
- †Tetraphalerus ponomarenkoi Soriano & Delclòs, 2006 La Huérguina Formation, Spain, Barremian
Formerly assigned species
- †Tetraphalerus antiquus Ponomarenko, 1964 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko, 1997 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus brevicapitis Pononarenko & Martinez-Delclos, 2000 considered indeterminate by Kirejtshuk, 2020
- †Tetraphalerus fentaiensis (Ren, 1995) assigned to Monticupes
- †Tetraphalerus grandis Ponomarenko, 1964 assigned to Omma
- †Tetraphalerus incertus Ponomarenko, 1969 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus laetus Lin, 1976 assigned to Notocupes
- †Tetraphalerus latus Tan et al. 2007 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus lindae Jarzembowski et al. 2017 assigned to Bukhkalius
- †Tetraphalerus longicollis Ponomarenko, 1997 assigned to Omma
- †Tetraphalerus maximus Ponomarenko, 1968 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus okhotensis Ponomarenko in Cromov et al., 1993 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus oligocenicus (Crowson, 1962) assigned to Tetraphalerites
- †Tetraphalerus tenuipes Ponomarenko, 1964 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus verrucosus Ponomarenko, 1966 assigned to Allophalerus
- †Tetraphalerus surrectus (Ren, 1995) assigned to Monticupes
References
- Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences. 10 (2): 73. Bibcode:2020Geosc..10...73K. doi:10.3390/geosciences10020073. ISSN 2076-3263.
- Ommatidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
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