†Miocryptorhopalum Pierce 1960 (skin beetle)
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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
Type: Miocryptorhopalum kirkbyae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kirkby site 10, Upper Switchback Canyon (Miocene of California)
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