†Byrrhydium morio Heer 1864 (pill beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Alternative combination: Byrrhidium morio
Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622
Belongs to Byrrhydium according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Heer 1864 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxon: Byrrhydium arcuatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau
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