Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Alternative combination: Sphenoptera sphinx
Synonyms: Chrysobothris veterna von Heyden 1847, Chrysomelites macrothoracicus Meunier 1898, Prodytiscus eichstaettensis Oppenheim 1888, Silphites cetoniformis Oppenheim 1888
Full reference: G. Münster. 1842. Taxonomic names, in Beschreibung einiger neuen fossilen Insecten I. in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern und II. im Schieferthon des Steinkohlen-Gebirges von Wettin. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:79-94
Belongs to Actea according to C. Soriano et al. 2007
See also Bellamy 2008, Deichmüller 1886, Germar 1842, Haase 1890, Handlirsch 1906, Oppenheim 1888 and Ponomarenko 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Actea sphinx: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
- Chrysobothris veterna:
- Chrysomelites macrothoracicus:
- Prodytiscus eichstaettensis: BSPG AS V 17, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Silphites cetoniformis: BSPG AS I 727, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.