†Hydrobiomorpha braunii Heer 1847 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Alternative combinations: Hydrophilus braunii, Hydrous braunii

Synonym: Hydrous escheri Heer 1862

Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229

Belongs to Hydrobiomorpha according to M. Fikáček and H. Schmied 2013

See also Heer 1847, Heer 1862 and Heer 1864

Sister taxa: Hydrobiomorpha enspelense, Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis, Hydrobiomorpha fraterna, Hydrobiomorpha heeri

Type specimens:

  • Hydrobiomorpha braunii: Its type locality is Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
  • Hydrous escheri: ETHZ NO-Z51.3-39-4:4-Pl.I148, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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