Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Alternative combination: Palaeogyrinus strigatus
Full reference: D. H. R. von Schlechtendal. 1894. Beiträge zur kenntnis fossiler insekten aus dem braunkohlengebirge von Rott am Siebengebierge. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 20:197-228
Belongs to Laccophilus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Statz 1939 and von Schlechtendal 1894
Sister taxa: Laccophilus corystes, Laccophilus pusulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Lord Dr Pohlig coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in the Rott Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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