Oxycheilopsis cretacicus Cassola and Werner 2004 (tiger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cicindelidae

Full reference: F. Cassola and K. Werner. 2004. A fossil tiger beetle specimen from the Brazilian Mesozoic: Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 94:75-81

Belongs to Oxycheilopsis according to K. Wolf-Schwenninger and W. Schawaller 2007

See also Cassola and Werner 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Crato (ZSM collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (ZSM collection)

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