Mesolobites tuberculatus Dunstan 1923 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Alternative combination: Lobites tuberculatus

Full reference: B. Dunstan. 1923. Mesozoic insects of Queensland Part I - introduction and Coleoptera. Queensland Geological Survey Publication 273:1-89

Belongs to Mesolobites according to F. M. Carpenter 1986

See also Bellamy 2008 and Dunstan 1923

Sister taxa: Mesolobites granulatus, Mesolobites margacrispus, Mesolobites punctatoides, Mesolobites quadripartita, Mesolobites tenuiclathrata, Mesolobites trivittatus

Type specimen: GSQ 342, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection)

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