Oisenodes metepisternalis Kirejtshuk et al. 2010 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk, J. Háva, and A. Nel. 2010. New genus and species of subfamily Trinodinae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Dermestidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber. Zoosystematica Rossica 19(1):54-69

Belongs to Oisenodes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Oisenodes azari, Oisenodes clavatus, Oisenodes gallicus, Oisenodes oisensis, Oisenodes transversus

Type specimen: MNHN PA 336 2/7, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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