Forticatinius Tan and Ren 2007 (soft bodied plant beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Artematopodidae

Full reference: J. J. Tan and D. Ren. 2007. Two exceptionally well-preserved catiniids (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Catiniidae) from the late Mesozoic of northeastern China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100:666-672

Parent taxon: Artematopodidae according to Y. L. Yu et al. 2020

See also Cai et al. 2015, Kirejtshuk 2017, Tan and Ren 2007 and Tan and Ren 2009

Sister taxa: Artematopodinae, Bipogonia, Carinibipogonia, Electribiinae, Notocupes undatabdominus, Protartematopus, Sinobrevipogon, Tarsomegamerus, Valdopogon

Subtaxa: Forticatinius elegans

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Type: Forticatinius elegans

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2006 collection (Cretaceous of China)

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