Liadytidae

Liadytidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Liadytidae
Ponomarenko, 1977

Liadytidae is an extinct family of adephagan beetles. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Liadytidae.[1][2][3] They are known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Asia. They are members of the clade Dytiscoidea, and like other members of that group were adapted for aquatic life.[4][5]

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  3. ^ Prokin, Alexander A.; Petrov, Pyotr N.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G. (2013-05-30). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26217842.
  4. ^ Beutel, Rolf G.; Wang, Bo; Tan, Jing-Jing; Ge, Si-Qin; Ren, Dong; Yang, Xing-Ke (April 2013). "On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta)". Cladistics. 29 (2): 147–165. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00420.x. PMID 34814378. S2CID 85234655.