Dascillus flatus Zhang 1989 (soft bodied plant beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Belongs to Dascillus according to J. F. Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Dascillus cervinus, Dascillus elongatus, Dascillus latahensis, Dascillus musculus, Dascillus relictus, Dascillus shandongianus, Dascyllus lithographicus

Type specimen: s82734, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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