Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: M. Hayashi. 1997. An extinct fossil species of the genus Plateumaris from the Lower Pleistocene in Saitama Prefecture, Japan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae). Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 51:361-370
Belongs to Plateumaris according to M. Hayashi 2001
See also Hayashi 1997
Sister taxa: Plateumaris (Necrodexis), Plateumaris (Plateumaris), Plateumaris affinis, Plateumaris constricticollis, Plateumaris dubia, Plateumaris fallax, Plateumaris flavipes, Plateumaris germari, Plateumaris kinugasana, Plateumaris neomexicana, Plateumaris nitida, Plateumaris primaeva, Plateumaris pusilla, Plateumaris sericea, Plateumaris virens, Plateumaris weisei
Type specimen: OMNH-TI-65, a thorax (pronotum). Its type locality is Iruma River, Noda (locality 2), which is in a Pleistocene mire/swamp lignite in the Bushi Formation of Japan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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