Biology:Sikhotealinia
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Jurodidae |
| Genus: | Sikhotealinia Lafer, 1996 |
| Species: | S. zhiltzovae
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| Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996
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Sikhotealinia is a genus of beetle containing a single species, Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae, which is the only living representative of the family Jurodidae. It was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Russian Manchuria. This "living fossil" is unique in having three ocelli on its 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 its extinct relative 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" (in en). Gondwana Research 25 (1): 214–225. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002. https://www.rosspiper.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Jurodidae_yan2014.pdf.
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. http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bb3a/09ad07caf2763a742995734aa14d5b58827a.pdf.
External links
- Illustration
- Most mysterious representative of beetles - Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996 Photos
Wikidata ☰ Q18116001 entry
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