Jurodidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985 |
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Sikhotealiniidae | |
Jurodidae is a family of beetle that was originally described from a fossil species Jurodes ignoramus Ponomarenko, 1985. In 1996, a species Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae representing the only living representative of this family was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Siberia. This "living fossil" is unique in having three ocelli on their forehead, a condition otherwise unknown in the entire order Coleoptera, whether extinct or living - though it is common in other orders, and generally considered a groundplan character for neopteran insects. Sikhotealinia and Jurodes are considered as a sister group to all other archostematan beetles.[1]
References
- ^ Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.
Further reading
- Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G. (2004). "Ocellar atavism in Coleoptera: plesiomorphy or apomorphy?". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 42 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1046/j.0947-5745.2003.00241.x.
External links
Data related to Jurodidae at Wikispecies- Illustration
- Most mysterious representative of beetles - Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996 Photos
