†Hydrochara noachica Heer 1847 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Alternative combination: Hydrophilus noachicus
Synonyms: Hydrophilus rehmanni Heer 1847, Hydrous rehmanni Heer 1847
Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229
Belongs to Hydrochara according to M. Fikáček and H. Schmied 2013
See also Heer 1847 and Heer 1862
Sister taxa: Hydrochara caraboides, Hydrochara flavipes, Hydrochara libera, Hydrochara woodwardi
Type specimens:
- Hydrochara noachica: ETHZ NO-Z51.3-39-4:4-Pl.I147b, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
- Hydrophilus rehmanni: Its type locality is Oeningen (von Fürstenberg collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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