Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: G. Tröster. 1994. Neue Arten der Gattung Macropunctum (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elateridae) aus der Olschieferfazies der mitteleozänen Messelformation der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68:145-162
Belongs to Macropunctum according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Tröster 1994 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Macropunctum angulosum, Macropunctum angulosum, Macropunctum angustiscutellum, Macropunctum densipunctum, Macropunctum eckfeldi, Macropunctum eocaenicum, Macropunctum latiscutellum, Macropunctum messelense, Macropunctum meunieri, Macropunctum minutum, Macropunctum promptum, Macropunctum rebugense, Macropunctum rossi
Type specimen: SMF MeI 297, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square F11, 1.0 m above alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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