Leptosorus Nikolajev 2006 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2006. A new genus in Hybosorinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 5:12-13

Parent taxon: Hybosorinae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026

See also Lu et al. 2018, Nikolajev 2006, Nikolajev 2007 and Nikolajev 2010

Sister taxa: Anaidini, Crassisorus, Cretohybosorus, Fortishybosorus, Hybosorini, Hybosorus, Jurahybosorus, Phaeochrous, Procoilodes, Protohybosorus, Pulcherhybosorus, Sinochaetodus, Sinohybosorus, Tyrannasorus

Subtaxa: Leptosorus fortus Leptosorus zherikhini

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Type: Leptosorus zherikhini

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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