Epicauta rufithoraca Zhang 1989 (blister beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

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

Belongs to Epicauta according to J. F. Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Epicauta sanctoruensis, Epicauta subneglecta

Type specimen: 79072, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)

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