Mirimordella Liu et al. 2007 (tumbling flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Full reference: M. Liu, W. H. Lu, and D. Ren. 2007. A new fossil mordellid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mordellidae) from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China. Zootaxa 1415:49-56

Parent taxon: Praemordellinae according to T. Bao et al. 2019

See also Batelka et al. 2018 and Liu et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Bellimordella, Cretanaspis, Praemordella, Wuhua

Subtaxa: Mirimordella gracilicruralis

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Type: Mirimordella gracilicruralis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of China)

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