Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: P. Říha. 1974. Neue fossile Schwimmkäfer aus dem Tertiär Europas und Westsibiriens (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 71:398-413
Belongs to Hydroporus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Říha 1974
Sister taxa: Hydroporus acutangulus, Hydroporus carstengroehni, Hydroporus clessini, Hydroporus discretus, Hydroporus edenianus, Hydroporus inanimatus, Hydroporus inundatus, Hydroporus lapponum, Hydroporus morio, Hydroporus multipunctatus, Hydroporus notabilis, Hydroporus palustris, Hydroporus planus, Hydroporus pleistocenicus, Hydroporus praedorsalis, Hydroporus praenigrita, Hydroporus praenivalis, Hydroporus sandbergeri, Hydroporus sectus, Hydroporus statzi, Hydroporus striola, Hydroporus subarcticus, Hydroporus trimaculatus
Type specimen: PIN 254/1715, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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