New cleroid beetles from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China
Author
Kolibáč, Jiří
Author
Huang, Diying
text
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
2019
2019-03-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00550.2018
journal article
294073
10.4202/app.00550.2018
17c071fa-cf5d-4280-b55a-9c085fb06d48
1732-2421
10986992
Genus
Juraniscus
nov.
ZooBank LSID
:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
ECBE11A9-9E38-4D59- AAC2-9774EADEF2DD
Type
species
:
Juraniscus majeri
sp. nov.
, by monotypy, see below.
Etymology
: A combination of
Jura
-, referring to the Jurassic period, and the -
niscus
derived from the generic name
Mauroniscus
, the genus that, of all the extant melyrid lineage members, resembles the new fossil genus the most. Masculine in gender.
Diagnosis
.—As for the
type
species by monotypy.