†Venablesia Britton 1960 (spider beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Full reference: E. B. Britton. 1960. Beetles from the London Clay (Eocene) of Bognor Regis, Sussex. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 4(2):27-50
Parent taxon: Dorcatominae according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015
See also Britton 1960 and Zahradník and Háva 2014
Sister taxa: Caenocara, Dorcatomini, Petaliini, Stagetus
Subtaxa: Venablesia colluvium
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bognor Regis beach (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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