†Coleopsis archaica Kirejtshuk et al. 2014 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Coleopsidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk, M. Poschmann, and A. Nel. 2014. Taxonomic names, in Evolution of the elytral venation and structural adaptations in the oldest Palaeozoic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tshekardocoleidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:575-600
Belongs to Coleopsis according to M. Schädel et al. 2022
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Kirejtshuk and Nel 2016 and Kirejtshuk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZfB 3315, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grügelborn, Saarland, which is in an Asselian lacustrine shale in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grügelborn, Saarland
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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