Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. Mendes. 2002. The Fonseca Formation paleoentomofauna (Fonseca Basin, Oligocene of Minas Gerais state, Brazil) with description of new taxa. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 25(55):27-33

Parent taxon: Carabidae according to R. G. Martins-Neto and M. Mendes 2002

Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa, Apotomopterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Brachininae, Brachinites, Broscinae, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Cavicarabus, Celeripedes, Cicindelites, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus florissantensis, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Fangshania, Feronites, Fossores, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Hebeicarabus, Lithocantharis, Loricera exita, Loricerinae, Meileyingia, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Paussinae, Platyninae, Procarabites, Protopaussinae, Protorabinae, Rhopalochlaenius, Rhysodinae, Scaritinae, Siagoninae, Sinocarabus, Stereocerus, Sunocarabus, Trechinae, Trechoides, Trechus fractus, Tremembecarabus, Wongyekokia, Wuchangicarabus, Yunnanocarabus

Subtaxa: Fonsecacarabus placidus

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Type: Fonsecacarabus placidus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property (Eocene of Brazil)

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