Alternative combination: Cyphon vetustus
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 Coleopteron according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Giebel 1856 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxa: Coleopteron antiquus, Coleopteron aquaticus, Coleopteron beyrichi, Coleopteron bractoides, Coleopteron harpalinus, Coleopteron lentissimus, Coleopteron rugosostriatus, Coleopteron semicrematus, Coleopteron sibiricus, Coleopteron spectabilis, Coleopteron striatus, Coleopteron studeri, Coleopteron troglodytes, Coleopteron wittsi, Coleopteron zekelii
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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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