Eodromeus daohugouensis Wang et al. 2012 (false ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Full reference: B. Wang, H. C. Zhang, and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2012. Mesozoic Trachypachidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China. Palaeontology 55:341-353

Belongs to Eodromeus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022

See also Wang et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Eodromeus antiquus, Eodromeus dissectus, Eodromeus major, Eodromeus mongolicus, Eodromeus robustus, Eodromeus sternalis, Eodromeus sulcatus

Type specimen: NIGP 152462, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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