†Calicovatellus Miller and Lubkin 2001 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: K. B. Miller and S. H. Lubkin. 2001. Calicovatellus petrodytes, a new genus and species of primitive vatelline diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Vatellini) from the Miocene Barstow Formation, southern California, USA. Journal of Paleontology 75:890-894
Parent taxon: Vatellini according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Miller and Lubkin 2001
Sister taxon: Derovatellus
Subtaxa: Calicovatellus petrodytes
Type: Calicovatellus petrodytes
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mule Canyon, 50 m from road (Miocene of California)
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