Hydroscapha jeholensis Cai et al. 2012 (skiff beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae

Full reference: C. Y. Cai, A. E. Z. Short, and D. Y. Huang. 2012. The first skiff beetle (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from Early Cretaceous Jehol biota. Journal of Paleontology 86(1):116-119

Belongs to Hydroscapha according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2023

See also Cai et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 152505, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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