Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Alternative combinations: Harpalus schlotheimi, Holcoelytrum schlotheimi
Synonym: Holcoptera confluens Cockerell 1915
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Holcoptera according to R. S. Kelly et al. 2017
See also Cockerell 1915, Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1906, Whalley 1985, Whalley 1986 and Zeuner 1962
Sister taxa: Holcoptera alisonae, Holcoptera giebeli, Holcoptera pigmentatus, Holcoptera rasnitsyni, Holcoptera solitensis, Stargelytron altus, Stargelytron larissae
Type specimens:
- Holcoptera schlotheimi: NHMUK I.10783, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Apperley, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Holcoptera confluens: USNM 61407, an elytra. Its type locality is Lower Lias (Brodie coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine shale/limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (6 collections), United States (1: Connecticut)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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