Anhuistoma
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Trogossitidae
Name
Anhuistoma Lin, 1985 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Trogossitidae Lin, Q.-B. 1985: 309 ( ).
Type species
Anhuistoma hyla Lin, 1985 [designated by author and by monotypy]
Kolibáč, J. & Huang, D.-Y. 2008: 136 (Coleoptera incertae sedis)
Remarks
This beetle was originally described in Trogossitidae and later removed from the superfamily as Coleoptera incertae sedis.
Original description of the genus
“A broadly elliptic beetle of small size; pronotum broadly hemiorbicular (hemispherical?); elytra short and broad, ornamented with many longitudinal striae; legs short, three pairs of coxae clearly separated, fore-coxa transverse, mid-coxa rounded, both posterior coxae transverse and connected with each other; abdomen with 5 visible sternites.” (Lin 1985[1]: 309).
Original description of the species
“The body of a small beetle with head and legs missing, 3.5 mm long and 2.3 mm wide. Body broadly elliptic. Pronotum in hemiorbicular (hemispherical?) form, slightly broader than long; anterior margin of pronotum concave, posterior margin of pronotum as wide as the anterior. Anterior coxa transverse and disjointed. Mid-thorax slightly smaller than metathorax. Both mid-coxae rounded and disjointed from one another. Posterior coxae transversely connected. Elytra much broader at base, gradually narrowing toward apex, rounded at apical angle; surface covered with several longitudinal striae. Abdomen with 5 visible sternites.” (Lin 1985[1]: 309).
Species:
† Anhuistoma hyla Lin, 1985; China: Anhui province; Mesozoic: Lower-Middle Jurassic
Lin, Q.-B. 1985: 309 (Trogossitidae). Kolibáč, J. 2006: 136 (Trogossitidae incertae sedis). Kolibáč, J. & Huang, D.-Y. 2008: 137 (Coleoptera incertae sedis)
Taxon Treatment
- Kolibáč, J; 2013: Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys ZooKeys, 366: 1-194. doi
