Scolytus tshernjaki Petrov and Zherikhin 2000 (bark beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: A. V. Petrov and V. V. Zherikhin. 2000. Fossil bark beetles of the genus Scolytus from the Neogene of France (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S344-S346

Belongs to Scolytus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Petrov and Zherikhin 2000

Sister taxa: Scolytus carpini, Scolytus duplicatus, Scolytus intricatus, Scolytus koenigi, Scolytus multistriatus, Scolytus piceae, Scolytus poinari

Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.55222, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)

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