†Mesodytes 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
Parent taxon: Mesoderini according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Mesoderus
Subtaxa: Mesodytes rhantoides
Type: Mesodytes rhantoides
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of China)
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