Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Alternative combinations: Blabera avita, Blattidium avitum
Synonyms: Oryctes pluto Weyenbergh 1869, Palaeobelostoma hartingi Meunier 1896, Prodytiscus longispinosus Deichmüller 1886, Pseudohydrophilus longispinosus Deichmüller 1886
Full reference: C. H. G. von Heyden. 1847. Chrysobothris veterana und Blabera avita, zweu fossile Insekten von Solenhofen. Palaeontographica 1:99-101
Belongs to Pseudohydrophilus according to C. Soriano et al. 2007
See also Deichmüller 1886, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1864, Meunier 1896, Oppenheim 1888, Ponomarenko 1971, von Heyden 1847 and Weyenbergh 1869
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Pseudohydrophilus avitus: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Historischen Vereins von Mittelfranken collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
- Oryctes pluto: TM 6418, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Palaeobelostoma hartingi: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Pseudohydrophilus longispinosus: Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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