Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae
Full reference: H. L. Chang and A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2011. Taxonomic names, in On taxonomy and distribution of fossil Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) with description of a new Mesozoic species of Necromera Martynov 1926. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 47:33-44
Belongs to Necromera according to Y. L. Yu et al. 2019
See also Chang and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Necromera baeckmanni, Necromera brevicornis, Necromera inflata, Necromera intermedia, Necromera latissima, Necromera longa, Necromera longicornis, Necromera muscula, Idiomerus brevis
Type specimen: CNU-COL-LB2008892, an exoskeleton (complete beetle, probably female). Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (3)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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