†Melolonthites deperdita Heer 1847 (scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229
Belongs to Melolonthites according to O. Heer 1847
Sister taxa: Melolonthites aciculatus, Melolonthites collinsi, Melolonthites interemtus, Melolonthites kollari, Melolonthites laterosinuatus, Melolonthites lavateri, Melolonthites obsoleta, Melolonthites parschlugiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection)
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