Cretocateres Ponomarenko, 1986

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 46

† Genus Cretocateres Ponomarenko, 1986 Fig. 19 ; Map 5

Cretocateres Ponomarenko, A. G. 1986: iii (1-101).

Type species.

Cretocateres mongolicus Ponomarenko, 1986 [by monotypy and author’s designation]

Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 (classification). Ponomarenko, A. G. 1986: iii (1-101) ( Lophocateridae ). Ponomarenko, A. G. 1990: 73, 74. Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 ( Trogossitidae : Trogossitini ). Ponomarenko, A. G. & Kireichuk, A. G. (2005-2008): http://www.zin.ru/animalia/Coleoptera/rus/paleosy2.htm ( Peltidae ). Schmied, H. et al. 2009: 24

Diagnosis.

Body size: probably about 3.0 mm (no scale provided). Body elongate, terminal antennomeres conspicuously asymmetrical. Very similar to Siberian Thoracotes (see Ponomarenko 1990). Differences between the two genera are not known to me. Structure of coxae in combination with characteristic antennae allow a classification within Trogossitidae : Trogossitinae ; shape of pronotum is closer to Trogossitini than Gymnochilini . See a reproduction of the original table in Fig. 19 .

Distribution.

Mesozoic: Lower Cretaceous; West Mongolia.

Species:

† Cretocateres mongolicus Ponomarenko, 1986; W Mongolia; Lower Cretaceous (varA)

Ponomarenko, A. G. 1986: iii (1-101) ( Lophocateridae ). Ponomarenko, A. G. 1990: 73, 74. Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 ( Trogossitidae : Trogossitini ). Ponomarenko, A. G. & Kireichuk, A. G. (2005-2008): http://www.zin.ru/animalia/Coleoptera/rus/paleosy2.htm ( Peltidae ). Schmied, H. et al. 2009: 24

Figures

Map 5. A distribution of the tribe Trogossitini.

Figure 19. Cretocateres mongolicus Ponomarenko, 1986. A reproduction of the original table.