Petrodromeus Ponomarenko and Volkov 2013 (false ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko and A. N. Volkov. 2013. Ademosynoides asiaticus Martynov, 1936, the earliest known member of an extant beetle family (Insecta, Coleoptera, Trachypachidae). Paleontological Journal 47:601-606

Parent taxon: Eodromeinae according to A. G. Ponomarenko and A. N. Volkov 2013

Sister taxa: Ademosynoides, Coreoeicos, Dolichorabus, Eodromeus, Evertus, Karadromeus, Karatoma, Liassodites, Necronectulus, Novunda, Permunda, Platycoxa, Prosynactus, Psacodromeus, Sinodromeus, Sogdodromeus, Tauredon, Xishanocarabus

Subtaxa: Petrodromeus asiaticus

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Type: Ademosynoides asiaticus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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