Mesolobites

Mesolobites Temporal range: Norian–Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	†Schizocoleidae
Genus:	†Mesolobites Carpenter, 1986[1]
Synonyms
Lobites Dunstan, 1923[2]

Mesolobites is a form genus of fossils of isolated beetle elytra from the Mesozoic of Australia and China, placed in the form family Schizocoleidae.[3] The genus was first established in 1923 by Australian geologist Benjamin Dunstan under the name Lobites, derived from lobos ("pod"), for three Late Triassic fossils from Queensland that were doubtfully assigned to the family Buprestidae. It was renamed to Mesolobites by Frank M. Carpenter in 1986, the name Lobites being already used for a genus of Ceratitida, Lobites Mojsisovics, 1873.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[4][5][6][7]

• Mesolobites granulatus (Dunstan, 1923) – Blackstone Formation, Queensland, Australia, Late Triassic (Norian)
• Mesolobites margacrispus (Lin & Mou, 1989) (= Shijingocoleus margacrispus) – Xiaoping Formation, China, Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
• Mesolobites punctatoides (Lin, 1986) (= "Polysitum" punctatoides) – Sanqiutang Formation, China, Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
• Mesolobites quadripartita (Dunstan, 1923) (= "Mesothoris" quadripartita) – Blackstone Formation, Queensland, Australia, Late Triassic (Norian)
• Mesolobites tenuiclathrata (Dunstan, 1923) (= "Mesothoris" tenuiclathrata) – Blackstone Formation, Queensland, Australia, Late Triassic (Norian)
• Mesolobites trivittatus (Dunstan, 1923) – Blackstone Formation, Queensland, Australia, Late Triassic (Norian)
• Mesolobites tuberculatus (Dunstan, 1923) – Blackstone Formation, Queensland, Australia, Late Triassic (Norian)

References

1. Carpenter, F.M. (1986). "Substitute names for some extinct genera of fossil insects". Psyche. 92 (4): 575–582. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. Dunstan, B. (1923). "Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. Part I.—Introduction and Coleoptera" (PDF). Geological Survey of Queensland Publication (273): 1–89. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
3. Martin, S.K. (2010). "Early Jurassic coleopterans from the Mintaja insect locality, Western Australia". Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition). 84 (4): 925–953. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00276.x.
4. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
5. 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 (in Russian). 13 (1): 61–190. doi:10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01. ISSN 1812-9250.
6. Ponomarenko, A. G.; Yan, E. V.; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Hai-chun (2012). "Revision of some early Mesozoic beetles from China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 51 (4): 475–490. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
7. Jarzembowski, E.A.; Yan, E. V.; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Hai-Chun (2012). "A new flying water beetle (Coleoptera: Schizophoridae) from the Jurassic Daohugou lagerstätte". Palaeoworld. 21 (3–4): 160–166. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2012.09.002.