Novunda chifengensis Wang et al. 2012

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Alternative combination: Unda chifengensis

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

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

See also Wang et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Novunda angulata, Novunda cursoria, Novunda microplata, Novunda pachycephala, Unda popovi

Type specimen: NIGP 152463, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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