Palaeodytes Ponomarenko 1987 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1987. New Mesozoic Water Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) From Asia. Paleontological Journal 21(2):79-92

Parent taxon: Dytiscidae according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2013

See also Nilsson 2001, Ponomarenko 1987 and Ponomarenko et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Agabinae, Angaragabus, Aubehydrinae, Colymbetinae, Copelatinae, Coptotominae, Cretodytes, Cybisterinae, Dytiscinae, Hydroporinae, Laccophilinae, Liadytiscinae, Necticus palustris, Sinoporus

Subtaxa: Palaeodytes baissiensis Palaeodytes gutta Palaeodytes incompleta Palaeodytes sibiricus

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Type: Palaeodytes sibiricus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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