Miocryptorhopalum Pierce 1960 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1960. Fossil arthropods of California no 23. Silicified insects in Miocene nodules from the Calico Mountains. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 59:40-49

Parent taxon: Cryptorhopalina according to J. Háva 2015

See also Háva and Prokop 2004, Pierce 1960 and Zahradník and Háva 2014

Sister taxa: Amberoderma, Cryptorhopalum, Phradonoma, Trogoderma

Subtaxa: Miocryptorhopalum kirkbyae

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Type: Miocryptorhopalum kirkbyae

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kirkby site 10, Upper Switchback Canyon (Miocene of California)

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