Mesogyrus striatus Ponomarenko 1973 (whirligig beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1973. Mesozoic Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae, Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 7(4):499-506

Belongs to Mesogyrus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1990

See also Nel 1989

Sister taxa: Mesogyrus anglicus, Mesogyrus antiquus, Mesogyrus elongates, Mesogyrus sibiricus

Type specimen: PIN 2587/11, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Undurga river (PIN collection 2587), which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Turga Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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