Thoracotes sibiricus Ponomarenko 1985 (bark gnawing beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Alternative combination: Thoracotes sibericus

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1985. Zhestkokrylye iz Yury Sibiri i zapadnoy Mongolii. Yurskie Nasekomye Sibiri i Mongolii 47-87

Belongs to Thoracotes according to J. Kolibáč 2013

See also Ponomarenko 1985 and Schmied et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Thoracotes dubius, Thoracotes glaberus, Thoracotes glabrus

Type specimen: PIN 1255/119, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255)

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