Genus: Amarixys Selden, 1992 | Family: Curculioididae Cockerell, 1916 | Order: Ricinulei Thorell, 1876

† Amarixys sulcata (Melander, 1903)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Kustarachne sulcata

PALAEOZOIC: Upper Carboniferous

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a9457830-8f3e-4cda-ac4e-3fd28d94cf5c

Genus type of Amarixys Selden, 1992

Taxonomic references

Kustarachne sulcata

Melander, 1903: 181–182, plate V fig. 5, plate V fig. 4 original description

Curculioides sulcatus (Melander):

Petrunkevitch, 1913: 83–84, figs 49–50, plate VII fig. 38
Petrunkevitch, 1949: 287
Petrunkevitch, 1953: 113
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 160, figs 116(3a–b)
Dubinin, 1962: n/a, fig. 1286
Brauckmann, 1987b: 99, fig. 9
Brauckmann, 1991: 48, fig. 23
Selden, 1993b: 306

Amarixys sulcata (Melander):

Selden, 1992: 619, figs 16c–d, 18a–b
Harvey, 2003c: 184

Distribution
Distribution table
US (Illinois)
Type locality: Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois, U.S.A. (Upper Carboniferous).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mazon Creek 41.316666 -88.35
Type repository
  • Holotype Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (FMNH), USA (PE56942)
Zoobank LSID

929DCDC1-F434-4C08-AB30-B0C2173386A0

References

Brauckmann, C. (1987b). Neue Arachniden (Ricinuleida, Trigonotarbida) aus dem Namurium B von Hagen-Vorhalle (Ober-Karbon; West-Deutschland). Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde, Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 21: 97–109. -- Show included taxa

Brauckmann, C. (1991). Arachniden und Insekten aus dem Namurian von Hagen-Vorhalle (Ober-Karbon; West-Deutschland). Veroffentlichungen aus Fuhlrott-Museum 1: 1–275. -- Show included taxa

Dubinin, V.B. (1962). [Chelicerophora]. In: Rodendorf, B.B. (ed.) [Fundamentals of paleontology] Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow: 375–530. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Melander, A.L. (1903). Some additions to the Carboniferous terrestrial arthropod fauna of Illinois. Journal of Geology 11: 178–198. ZooBank: 0848E63B-66A0-4C65-921E-687F0CD727E1 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1913). A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 1–137, pl. 1–13. ZooBank: CA960B92-CB7E-4504-8224-FF2ECF4C5C6C -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1949). A study of Palaeozoic Arachnida. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37: 69–315. ZooBank: 0A24E194-CBB7-43A2-B26A-D117335C485B -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1953). Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe. Memoirs of the Geological Society of America 53: i–xi, 1–128. ZooBank: E9B5A9FE-7B50-4F4D-B02F-DE73B8137379 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1955a). Arachnida. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. P, Arthropoda University of Kansas Press, Lawrence 2: 42–162. ZooBank: F42C9AFA-4F47-4D06-BD19-40CBA0BFD5FC -- Show included taxa

Selden, P.A. (1992). Revision of the fossil ricinuleids. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences 83: 595–634. ZooBank: 27A324BE-3D76-4598-AE23-4CC93B54ABC4 -- Show included taxa

Selden, P.A. (1993b). Arthropoda (Aglaspidida, Pycnogonida and Chelicerata). In: Benton, M.J. (ed.) The fossil record 2 Chapman and Hall, London: 297–320. -- Show included taxa

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