Byrrhus oeningensis Heer 1847 (pill beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229

Belongs to Byrrhus according to O. Heer 1862

See also Heer 1847

Sister taxa: Byrrhus domesticus, Byrrhus exanimatus, Byrrhus eximius, Byrrhus lucae, Byrrhus ottawaensis, Byrrhus pilula, Byrrhus pustulatus, Byrrhus romingeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (von Seyfried collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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