Mimemala giganteum Whalley 1985

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Alternative combinations: Liassocupes giganteus, Mimema giganteum

Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley. 1985. The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 39(3):107-189

Belongs to Mimemala according to M. E. Clapham 2023

See also Ponomarenko 2006 and Whalley 1985

Sister taxon: Mimemala punctatum

Type specimen: BMNH In 51026, an elytra. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection)

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