Brachilatus viridis Soriano and Delclos 2006

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combinations: Notocupes viridis, Zygadenia viridis

Full reference: C. Soriano and X. Delclos. 2006. New cupedid beetles from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and the palaeogeography of the family. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51:185-200

Belongs to Brachilatus according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023

See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Soriano and Delclos 2006 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023

Sister taxa: Brachilatus caducus, Brachilatus dundulaensis, Brachilatus foersteri, Brachilatus longicoxa, Brachilatus nigrimonticola, Brachilatus oculatus, Brachilatus premeris, Brachilatus spinosus

Type specimen: MCCMLH 1805, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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