Cordorabus striatus Ponomarenko 1986 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Beetles. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:84-105

Belongs to Cordorabus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1986

Sister taxa: Cordorabus antennatus, Cordorabus minimus, Cordorabus notatus, Cordorabus vittatus, Cordorabus wuqiensis

Type specimen: PIN 3149/988, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)

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