Priacma

Priacma
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Priacma serrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Priacma
LeConte, 1874
Type species
Cupes serrata
LeConte, 1861
Species
  • P. serrata (LeConte, 1861)
  • †P. megapuncta Li & Cai in Li et al., 2019

Priacma is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. It contains a single extant species, Priacma serrata native to western North America[1] and one fossil species, P. megapuncta from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[2] Species previously assigned to the genus from the Yixian Formation of China[3] have been subsequently placed in the separate genus Apriacma.[4]

  1. ^ Arnett, R.H., Jr. & M. C. Thomas, eds. American Beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2001. p. 20.
  2. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Yin, Zi-Wei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2019). "Early evolution of Cupedidae revealed by a mid-Cretaceous reticulated beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 777–786. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..777L. doi:10.1111/syen.12355. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 202852115.
  3. ^ Tan, J.J.; Ren, D.; Shih, C.K. (2006). "First record of fossil Priacma (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from the Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1326: 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1326.1.6.
  4. ^ Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Nel, A.; Kirejtshuk, P. A. (October 2016). "Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera, Archostemata), with a review of the historical development". Invertebrate Zoology. 13 (1): 61–190. doi:10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01. ISSN 1812-9250.