†Tarsomegamerus Zhang 2005 (soft bodied plant beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Artematopodidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2005. The first find of chrysomelids (Insecta: Coleopetra: Chrysomeloidea) from Callovian–Oxfordian Daohugou biota of China. Geobios 38:865-871
Parent taxon: Artematopodidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2015
See also Kirejtshuk 2013, Kirejtshuk et al. 2010, Yan et al. 2014 and Zhang 2005
Sister taxa: Artematopodinae, Bipogonia, Carinibipogonia, Electribiinae, Forticatinius, Notocupes undatabdominus, Protartematopus, Sinobrevipogon, Valdopogon
Subtaxa: Tarsomegamerus mesozoicus
Type: Tarsomegamerus mesozoicus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection) (Jurassic of China)
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