Mesothoris clathrata Tillyard 1916 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Taldycupedidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Belongs to Mesothoris according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Dunstan 1923, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 and Tillyard 1916

Sister taxa: Mesothoris grandis, Mesothoris punctomarginum

Type specimen: GSQI48, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection)

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