Proteroscarabaeus Grabau 1923 (rain beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae

Alternative spelling: Protoscarabaeus

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1923. Cretaceous fossils from Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 5:143-181

Parent taxon: Pleocominae according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007

See also Grabau 1923, Hong and Wang 1990, Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1992, Nikolajev 1996, Nikritin 1977, Ping 1928 and Ponomarenko 1986

Sister taxon: Pleocoma

Subtaxa: Proteroscarabaeus magnus Proteroscarabaeus nikritini Proteroscarabaeus robustus Proteroscarabaeus yeni

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Type: Proteroscarabaeus yeni

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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