†Proteroscarabaeus Grabau 1923 (rain beetle)
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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
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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