†Rhyzobius gratiosus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2012 (ladybird beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. Nel. 2012. The oldest representatives of the family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from the lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France). Zoosystematica Rossica 21:131-144
Belongs to Rhyzobius according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. Nel 2012
Sister taxa: Rhyzobius antiquus, Rhyzobius groehni, Rhyzobius sontagae, Rhyzobius szwedo
Type specimen: MNHN PA 1290, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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