Scirtes Illiger 1807 (marsh beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae

Full reference: K. Illiger. 1807. Vorschlag zur Aufnahme im Fabricischen Systeme fehlender Käfergattungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 6:318-349

Parent taxon: Scirtinae according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Klausnitzer 2009 and Solórzano Kraemer 2007

Sister taxa: Contacyphon, Cyphonini, Elodes, Helodopsini, Microcara, Microcarini, Varcalium

Subtaxa: Eohelodites Scirtes calcariferens Scirtes circumcisus Scirtes khnzoryani Scirtes metepisternalis Scirtes orbiculatus Scirtes wightensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Eocene of China (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 7 collections including 13 occurrences

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