Insecta - Coleoptera - Peltosynidae
Full reference: E. V. Yan, R. G. Beutel, and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2017. †Peltosynidae, a new beetle family from the Middle–Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan: its affinities with Polyphaga (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the groundplan of this megadiverse suborder. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:515-530
Parent taxon: Metacoleoptera according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022
See also Cai et al. 2022 and Yan et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ademosynidae, Adephaga, Archostemata, Asiocoleidae, Myxophaga, Polyphaga, Ponomarenkiumidae, Taldycupedidae, Triadocupedidae
Subtaxa: Gnathopeltos Ofthalmopeltos Peltosyne
Type: Peltosyne
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences