Insecta - Coleoptera - Rhombocoleidae
Alternative combination: Curculiopsis ellipticus
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1937. Permian fossil insects from Kargala and their relationships. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 7:1-92
Belongs to Rossocoleus according to B. B. Rohdendorf 1961
See also Martynov 1937
Sister taxa: Rossocoleus altus, Rossocoleus angustus, Rossocoleus aristovi, Rossocoleus avus, Rossocoleus grandis, Rossocoleus latior, Rossocoleus latus, Rossocoleus novojilovi, Rossocoleus parvus, Rossocoleus sakmara, Rossocoleus surijokovensis, Rossocoleus verrucosus
Type specimen: PIN 100, an elytra. Its type locality is Kargala (PIN collection 100), which is in a Capitanian terrestrial mudstone in the Amanak Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kargala (PIN collection 100)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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