†Mesoderus punctatus Prokin et al. 2013 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: A. A. Prokin, P. N. Petrov, B. Wang and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2013. New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3666:137-159
Belongs to Mesoderus according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Mesoderus magnus, Mesoderus ovatus, Mesoderus ventralis
Type specimen: NIGP 05622, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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