†Archaeserropalpus Nikitsky 2002 (false darkling beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae
Full reference: N. B. Nikitsky. 2002. New taxa of the beetles Melandryidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) from the Upper Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 36:504-507
Parent taxon: Serropalpini according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Nikitsky 2002
Sister taxa: Abderina, Homalenchodes, Longicrusa, Pseudocuphosis, Serropalpus
Subtaxa: Archaeserropalpus cretaceus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)
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