Pyrochalcaspis giseltalensis Haupt 1950 (darkling beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Alternative combination: Pyrochalcaspis geiseltalensis

Full reference: H. Haupt. 1950. Die Käfer (Coleoptera) aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales. Geologica 6:1-168

Belongs to Pyrochalcaspis according to P. Bouchard et al. 2021

See also Haupt 1950, Kirejtshuk et al. 2008 and Nabozhenko 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection)

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