Priacma Explained

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]

External links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Notes and References

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. en. 44. 4. 777–786. 10.1111/syen.12355. 2019SysEn..44..777L . 202852115 . 1365-3113.
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. Zootaxa. 1326. 55–68. 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. 10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01. 1812-9250. free.