Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: G. Tröster. 1999. An unusual new fossil click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1999(1):11-20
Belongs to Macropunctum according to G. Tröster 1999
Sister taxa: Macropunctum angulosum, Macropunctum angustiscutellum, Macropunctum densipunctum, Macropunctum eckfeldi, Macropunctum eocaenicum, Macropunctum latiscutellum, Macropunctum messelense, Macropunctum meunieri, Macropunctum minutum, Macropunctum promptum, Macropunctum rebugense, Macropunctum rossi, Macropunctum senckenbergi
Type specimen: SMF MeI 4120, an exoskeleton
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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