Mesolobites Carpenter 1986 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Invalid subtaxa: Lobites Dunstan 1923 [replaced name], Shijingocoleus Lin and Mou 1989

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1986. Substitute names for some extinct genera of fossil insects. Psyche 92:575-582

Parent taxon: Schizocoleidae according to S. K. Martin 2010

See also Bellamy 2008, Carpenter 1986, Jarzembowski et al. 2012 and Lin and Mou 1989

Sister taxa: Aenigmocoleus, Argentinosyne, Mesosagrites, Metrorhynchites, Mimemala, Pseudochrysomelites, Reeveana, Schizocoleus, Shepherdia, Stegosyne, Uskatocoleus

Subtaxa: Mesolobites granulatus Mesolobites margacrispus Mesolobites punctatoides Mesolobites quadripartita Mesolobites tenuiclathrata Mesolobites trivittatus Mesolobites tuberculatus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Australia (1 collection)

• Triassic of Australia (2), China (2)

Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences

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