Insecta - Coleoptera - Agyrtidae
Synonym: Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko 1977 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. F. Newton. 1982. New name for the extinct genus Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko (Coleoptera: Silphidae s l). Psyche 88:335
Parent taxon: Agyrtidae according to O. D. Strelnikova et al. 2020
See also Carpenter 1992, Chatzimanolis 2018, Dong et al. 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020, Lin 1985, Newton 1982, Newton 1997, Perkovsky 2001, Perreau 2012 and Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Agyrtinae, Eosilphites, Necrophilinae, Ponomarenkia, Prosilpha, Pterolomatinae, Sinosilphia
Subtaxa: Mesecanus communis Mesecanus lintouensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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