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Poinarinius zhubajie

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae

Taxonomy
Poinarinius zhubajie was named by Lin et al. (2026). Its type specimen is LWHP202502, an exoskeleton (body), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Wei Lin LW collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-04-21; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2026Poinarinius zhubajie Lin et al. p. 214 figs. 2, 3

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderBostrichiformiaForbes 1926
superfamilyBostrichoidea
familyBostrichidae()
subfamilyAlitrepaninae
genusPoinarinius
specieszhubajie

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.

†Poinarinius zhubajie Lin et al. 2026
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Poinarinius zhubajie (161726 type locality: 278630 278631 278632)