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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Superfamily: | †Schizocoleoidea |
| Family: | †Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968 |
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Coleocatiniidae Ponomarenko and Prokin, 2015 (unavailable) | |
Catiniidae is a small extinct family of beetles known from the Early Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. The family is usually classified as a member of the suborder Archostemata, but beetles in this family had smooth elytra (hardened forewings) unlike members of the modern-day families Cupedidae and Ommatidae which have elytra with window punctures.
The family name Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968 is a junior homonym of Catiniidae Bocquet and Stock, 1957, used for a family of copepods.[1] Ponomarenko and Prokin (2015) proposed "Coleocatiniidae" as a replacement name for the beetle family, but it is unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as it was not based on an available genus group name at the time.[2] In Kirejtshuk and Prokin (2018), Catiniidae was treated as a synonym of Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977,[3] but this synonymy was not supported by Ponomarenko (2021).[4]
Genera[edit]
These six genera belong to the family Catiniidae:[5][6][4]
- †Avocatinus Ponomarenko, 1969 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Catinius Ponomarenko, 1968 – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic; Dalazi Formation, China, Early Cretaceous
- †Catinoides Ponomarenko, 1969 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Macrocatinius Ponomarenko, 1969 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Permocatinus Ponomarenko, 2021 – Maltsevo Formation, Russia, Early Triassic
- †Triassocatinius Ponomarenko, 1969 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
The genera Cervicatinius and Forticatinius were originally placed in this family by Tan and Ren (2007), but were transferred to the superfamily Cleroidea in 2010.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y. (2020). "Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"". ZooKeys (922): 65–139. doi:10.3897/zookeys.922.46367. PMC 7113323. PMID 32256157.
- ^ Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Prokin, A. A. (2018). "The Position of the Palaeozoic Genus Tunguskagyrus Yan, Beutel et Lawrence in the Family Triaplidae sensu n. (Coleoptera, Archostemata: Schizophoroidea)". Entomological Review. 98 (7): 872–882. doi:10.1134/S0013873818070084. S2CID 56575826.
- ^ a b Ponomarenko, A.G. (2021). "Permian Triaplids (Coleoptera, Triaplidae), Yet Another Group of Mesozoic Beetles from the Terminal Permian". Paleontological Journal. 55 (6): 650–661. doi:10.1134/S0031030121050130.
- ^ Tan, J.J.; Ren, D. (2007). "Two exceptionally well-preserved catiniids (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Catiniidae) from the Late Mesozoic of northeastern China". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100 (5): 666–672. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[666:TEWCCA]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Ponomarenko, A.G.; Prokin, A.A.; Chang, H.; Nikolajev, G.V.; Ren, D. (2010). "Current knowledge of Mesozoic Coleoptera from Daohugou and Liaoning (northeast China)". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 783–792. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00253.x.