†Thoracotes Handlirsch 1906 (bark gnawing beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Trogossitini according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Ponomarenko 1985 and Schmied et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Cretocateres, Eotenebroides, Ligaschonus, Microtrogossita, Gymnochila
Subtaxa: Thoracotes dubius Thoracotes glaberus Thoracotes glabrus Thoracotes sibiricus
Type: Thoracotes dubius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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