Laccophilus Leach 1817 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Synonym: Palaeogyrinus von Schlechtendal 1894
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1817. The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals, Vol III 1-151
Parent taxon: Laccophilini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992, Dejean 1821, LeConte 1861, Nilsson 2001, Scudder 1900, von Schlechtendal 1894 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxon: Electruphilus
Subtaxa: Laccophilus corystes Laccophilus pusulatus Laccophilus strigatus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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