Protrogosita distincta Piton and Théobald 1937 (bark gnawing beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1937. Les lignites et schistes bitumineux de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme). II: Les insectes fossiles de Menat. Revue des Sciences Naturelles d'Auvergne 3(2):76-88

Belongs to Protrogosita according to L. Piton 1940

See also Piton and Théobald 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.B47303, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Piacentini collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Menat (Piacentini collection)

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