Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Alternative combination: Curculionites nitidulus
Full reference: O. Heer. 1870. Die Miocene flora und fauna Spitzbergens. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 8(7):1-98
Belongs to Ochthebius according to S. J. R. Birket-Smith 1977
See also Heer 1870 and Legalov 2015
Sister taxa: Ochthebius bicolon, Ochthebius dilatatus, Ochthebius discretus, Ochthebius holmbergi, Ochthebius minimus, Ochthebius plutonis, Ochthebius rossi
Type specimen: Nat. Riks. Ar. 39, an elytra. Its type locality is Cap Staratschin, which is in a Danian/Selandian delta plain shale in the Firkanten Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cap Staratschin
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