Kararhynchus

Kararhynchus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Obrieniidae
Genus: Kararhynchus
Zherikhin & Gratshev, 1994
Species
  • K. gratshevi Legalov, 2012
  • K. jurassicus Legalov, 2012
  • K. occiduus Zherikhin & Gratshev, 1994 (type species)

Kararhynchus is an extinct genus of beetles known from the middle Late Jurassic epoch of Kazakhstan. It was first described by Vladimir Zherikhin and Vadim Gratshev in 1994, who included in it a single species, Kararhynchus occiduus from the Karabastau Formation.[1] Two further species, K. gratshevi and K. jurassicus, were described from the same formation by A. A. Legalov in 2012.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zherikhin, V. V.; Gratshev, V. G. (1994). "Obrieniidae, fam. nov., the oldest Mesozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 27 (1A): 50–69. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. ^ A. A. Legalov (2012). "New Obrieniidae from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea)". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 73–78. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010091.
  • Data related to Kararhynchinae at Wikispecies