Family SERENDIPIDAE




The family Paratendipedidae was proposed by Hong & Wang (1990) for the extinct genus Paratendipes Hong & Wang, 1990. Unfortunately, the genus on which the family name is based is preoccupied. The new replacement name, Serendipa Evenhuis, was thus proposed in the original catalog. An additional genus, Thamnitendipes Hong & Wang, 1990, is also placed in this family. The family is known only from the Jurassic deposits of China. Hong & Wang (1990) placed the family close to the Chironomidae.

Ref.: Hong & Wang (1990, review of taxa).


Genus SERENDIPA Evenhuis

PARATENDIPES Hong & Wang, 1990: 132, 184. Type species: Paratendipes laiyangensis Hong & Wang, 1990, by original designation. [Preoccupied by Kieffer, 1911.]
SERENDIPA Evenhuis, 1994: 256 (new replacement name for Paratendipes Hong & Wang). Type species: Paratendipes laiyangensis Hong & Wang, 1990, automatic.
laiyangensis Hong & Wang, 1990: 133 (Paratendipes). PA: China (Upper Jurassic) [C].
tuanwangensis Hong & Wang, 1990: 134 (Paratendipes). PA: China (Upper Jurassic) [C].


Genus THAMNITENDIPES Hong & Wang

THAMNITENDIPES Hong & Wang, 1990: 135. Type species: Thamnitendipes vegetabilis Hong & Wang, 1990, by original designation.
vegetabilis Hong & Wang, 1990: 135. PA: China (Upper Jurassic) [C].
vagetabilis. Incorrect original spelling of vegetabilis (Hong & Wang, 1990: 185).


This page last revised 17 February 1997 by nle