Altica tholimorpha Zhang et al. 1994 (flea beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Alternative combination: Haltica tholimorpha

Full reference: J. Zhang, B. Sun, and X. Zhang. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong 1-298

Belongs to Altica according to K. S. Nadein and E. E. Perkovsky 2017

See also Zhang et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Altica dryophyllorum, Altica dubia, Altica lazulina, Altica magna, Altica renovata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.)

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