Hydrobiites purbeccensis Giebel 1856

Insecta - Coleoptera - Permosynidae

Alternative combination: Hydrobius purbeccensis

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511

Belongs to Hydrobiites according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Giebel 1856

Sister taxa: Hydrobiites anglicus, Hydrobiites bellus, Hydrobiites convexus, Hydrobiites crassus, Hydrobiites dobbertinensis, Hydrobiites giebeli, Hydrobiites handlirschi, Hydrobiites liasinus, Hydrobiites longus, Hydrobiites minor, Hydrobiites minutissimus, Hydrobiites mongolicus, Hydrobiites permianus, Hydrobiites punctatostriatus, Hydrobiites sulcatus, Hydrobiites tillyardi, Hydrobiites veteranus, Hydrobiites vladimiri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck

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