Protohybosorus mesoasiaticus Nikolajev 2010 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2010. On the Mesozoic taxa of scarabaeoid beetles of the Family Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Paleontological Journal 44(6):649-653

Belongs to Protohybosorus according to Y. Y. Lu et al. 2018

See also Nikolajev 2010

Sister taxa: Protohybosorus grandissimus, Protohybosorus karatavicus

Type specimen: PIN 2384/760, an exoskeleton (complete male beetle). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384)

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