Adinolepis

Adinolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Adinolepis
Neboiss, 1984
Species

4 (see text)

Adinolepis is a genus of Archostematid beetles that belongs to the family Cupedidae (reticulated beetles). All known species are endemic to Australia.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Arturs Neboiss in 1984 along with four other genera: Tenomerga, Distocupes, Ascioplaga and Rhipsideigma.

Species

The genus currently contains four described species. A fifth species, Adinolepis scalena, was transferred to genus Ascioplaga in 2009.

A list of species can be found below:

References

  1. ↑ Neboiss, A. 1984. Reclassification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 9:443-447.
  2. 1 2 Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. S2CID 92211457.
  3. 1 2 Lawrence, J.F.; Escalona, H.E. (2019). "3. Cupedidae Laporte, 1836". In Ślipiński, A.; Lawrence, J.F. (eds.). Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. pp. 8–12. ISBN 9780643097315.
  4. ↑ NEBOISS, A. (1984), Reclassification of CupesFabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology, 9: 443-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00520.x
  5. ↑ Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 533–558. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..533H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x. S2CID 84795808.