Gyretes giganteus Piton 1940 (whirligig beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Alternative combination: Dineutes giganteus

Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303

Belongs to Gyretes according to A. Nel 1989

See also Piton 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN IPM R-06998, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection)

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