Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Alternative combination: Holcoelytrum giebeli
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Holcoptera according to R. S. Kelly et al. 2017
See also Cockerell 1915, Handlirsch 1906, Huber et al. 2003, Whalley 1985 and Zeuner 1962
Sister taxa: Holcoptera alisonae, Holcoptera pigmentatus, Holcoptera rasnitsyni, Holcoptera schlotheimi, Holcoptera solitensis, Stargelytron altus, Stargelytron larissae
Type specimen: BMNH I 3581, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Apperley, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (8 collections), United States (2: Connecticut, Massachusetts)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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