Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2011. A new ground beetle (Carabidae, Protorabinae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. ZooKeys 130:229-237
Belongs to Cretorabus according to B. Wang and H. C. Zhang 2011
Sister taxa: Cretarabus medius, Cretorabus capitatus, Cretorabus latus, Cretorabus orientalis, Cretorabus ovalis, Cretorabus sulcatus
Type specimen: NIGP 152464, an exoskeleton (complete beetle). Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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