Umenocoleidae

Umenocoleidae is an extinct family of dictyopteran insects known from the Cretaceous. The family was originally considered to be part of Coleoptera.[1] They are considered to be closely related to the Alienopteridae within the superfamily Umenocoleoidea. Some species possess complex, cryptic colouration similar to those of the earliest flowers.[2] A more recent analysis places Alienopteridae and Umenocoleidae as sister taxa within Dictyoptera, and not within Blattodea.[3]

Umenocoleidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Turonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superfamily: †Umenocoleoidea
Family: †Umenocoleidae
Chen and Tan 1973
Genera

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Systematics

Based on[4]

  • †Antophiloblatta Sendi, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Blattapterix Vršanský 2003 Xiagou Formation, China, Aptian
  • †Compunctiotypus Kaddumi 2005 Jordanian amber, Albian
  • †Cratovitisma Bechly 2007 Lebanese amber, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Elytropterix Vršanský 2003 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
  • †Jantaropterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 2003 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian New Jersey amber, Turonian
  • †Lepidopterix Sendi, 2020 Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • †Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Petropterix Vršanský 2003 Zhonggou Formation, China, Albian Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
  • †Ponopterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Umenocoleus Chen and Tan 1973 Dalazi Formation, China, Aptian Zhonggou Formation, China, Albian
  • †Umenopterix Lee 2016 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Vitisma Vršanský 1999 Sharin-Gol Formation, Mongolia, Barremian Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian

References
  1. S. Chen and C. C. Tan. 1973. A new family of Coleoptera from the Lower Cretaceous of Kansu. Acta Entomologica Sinica 16:169-179
  2. Sendi, Hemen; Hinkelman, Jan; Vršanská, Lucia; Kúdelová, Tatiana; Kúdela, Matúš; Zuber, Marcus; van de Kamp, Thomas; Vršanský, Peter (2020-01-29). "Roach nectarivory, gymnosperm and earliest flower pollination evidence from Cretaceous ambers". Biologia. doi:10.2478/s11756-019-00412-x. ISSN 0006-3088. S2CID 210938183.
  3. Liuo, C.-H.; Beutel, R. G.; Thomson, U. R; Zheng, D.-R.; Li, J.-H.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Zhang, H.-C.; Wang, B. (2021). "Beetle or roach: systematic position of the enigmatic Umenocoleidae based on new material from Zhonggou Formation in Jiuquan, Northwest China, and a morphocladistic analysis". Palaeoworld. in press. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2021.01.003.
  4. "Fossilworks: Umenocoleidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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