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Poinarinius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae

Taxonomy

Poinarinius was named by Legalov (2018).

It was assigned to Dinoderinae by Legalov (2018); and to Alitrepaninae by Legalov and Háva (2022), Háva and Legalov (2023), Wang et al. (2024), Háva and Zahradník (2025).

Species

P. aladelicatus, P. antonkozlovi, P. aristovi, P. borowskii, P. burmaensis, P. coziki, P. cretaceus, P. decimus, P. kachinus, P. lesnei, P. perkovskyi, P. vetus, P. zahradniki

Synonyms

Alitrepanum was named by Peng et al. (2022).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poinarinius by Legalov and Háva (2022), Háva and Zahradník (2025).

It was assigned to Alitrepaninae by Peng et al. (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2018	Poinarinius Legalov p. 210
2022	Poinarinius Legalov and Háva p. 2
2022	Alitrepanum Peng et al. p. 2
2023	Poinarinius Háva and Legalov p. 285
2024	Poinarinius Wang et al. p. 2
2025	Poinarinius Háva and Zahradník p. 8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Bostrichiformia	Forbes 1926
superfamily	Bostrichoidea
family	Bostrichidae	()
subfamily	Alitrepaninae
genus	Poinarinius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Poinarinius Legalov 2018

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†Poinarinius aladelicatus Peng et al. 2022

†Poinarinius antonkozlovi Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius aristovi Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius borowskii Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius burmaensis Legalov 2018

†Poinarinius coziki Háva and Legalov 2023

†Poinarinius cretaceus Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius decimus Háva and Legalov 2023

†Poinarinius kachinus Wang et al. 2024

†Poinarinius lesnei Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius perkovskyi Legalov and Háva 2022

†Poinarinius vetus Wang et al. 2024

†Poinarinius zahradniki Legalov and Háva 2022

Invalid names: Alitrepanum Peng et al. 2022 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar	Alitrepanum aladelicatum, P. vetus, P. kachinus (201881) P. burmaensis, P. aladelicatus, P. aristovi, P. antonkozlovi, P. borowskii, P. lesnei, P. decimus, P. coziki, P. kachinus (205556) P. burmaensis, P. aladelicatus, P. aristovi, P. antonkozlovi, P. perkovskyi, P. zahradniki, P. borowskii, P. lesnei, P. cretaceus (182624)