Georissites negev Ponomarenko 2008 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2008. The beetles. Order Coleoptera (=Scarabaeida). Plant-Arthropod interactions in the early angiosperm history: evidence from the Cretaceous of Israel 193-196

Belongs to Georissites according to A. G. Ponomarenko 2008

Sister taxon: Georissites magnus

Type specimen: PIN 5068/7, an elytra. Its type locality is Gerofit (PIN collection 5068), which is in a Turonian lagoonal shale in the Ora Formation of Israel.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gerofit (PIN collection 5068)

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