Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, E. V. Yan, B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2013. Brochocolein beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeast China and southern England. Cretaceous Research 44:1-11

Belongs to Brochocoleus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Jarzembowski et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Brochocoleus alatus, Brochocoleus cossyphus, Brochocoleus keenani, Brochocoleus maculatus, Brochocoleus planus, Brochocoleus punctatus, Brochocoleus rostratus, Brochocoleus sacheonensis, Brochocoleus tobini

Type specimen: BMNH II 3062, an elytra. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (BMNH collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (BMNH collection)

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