†Scraptia ovata Guérin-Méneville 1838 (false flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scraptiidae
Full reference: F. E. Guérin-Méneville. 1838. Note sur la lettre de M. Maravigna sur les insectes trouvés dans l'ambre de la Sicile. Revue Zoologique, par La Société Cuverienne 1838:168-170
Belongs to Scraptia according to S. H. Scudder 1885
See also Guérin-Méneville 1838
Sister taxa: Scraptia inclusa, Scraptia longelytrata, Scraptia pseudofuscula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Catania coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sicilian amber (Catania coll)
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