Laccobius vetustus Oustalet 1874 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: E. Oustalet. 1874. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, deuxième partie, insectes fossiles d'Aix en Provence. Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 5(2):1-347

Belongs to Laccobius according to N. Theobald 1937

See also Oustalet 1874

Sister taxa: Laccobius ellipticus, Laccobius elongatus, Laccobius flachii, Laccobius minutus, Laccobius priscus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (collection of Professor Heer), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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