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Wuhuidae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Wuhuidae

Taxonomy
Wuhuidae was named by Batelka et al. (2025). Its type is Wuhua.

It was assigned to Tenebrionoidea by Batelka et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Archaeoripiphorus, Juramordella, Wuhua (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Wuhuidae Batelka et al. p. 802

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyWuhuidae
familyWuhuidae

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.

Fm. †Wuhuidae Batelka et al. 2025
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G. †Archaeoripiphorus Hsiao et al. 2017
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†Archaeoripiphorus nuwa Hsiao et al. 2017
G. †Juramordella Sun et al. 2023
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†Juramordella asperula Sun et al. 2023
G. †Wuhua Wang and Zhang 2011
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†Wuhua jurassica Wang and Zhang 2011
†Wuhua peregrina Bao et al. 2019
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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Archaeoripiphorus nuwa (113360 223890) Wuhua jurassica, Wuhua peregrina, Juramordella asperula (113371)