Trogosita assimilis Heer 1862 (bark gnawing beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1862. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna Oeningens: Coleoptera. Geodephagen, Hydrocanthariden, Gyriniden, Brachelytren, Clavicornen, Lamellicornen und Buprestiden. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 16(2):1-90

Belongs to Trogosita according to O. Heer 1862

Sister taxa: Tenebroides (Polynesibroides), Tenebroides corrugata, Tenebroides emortua, Tenebroides eocenica, Tenebroides insignis, Tenebroides tenebrioides, Trogosita bella, Trogosita amissa, Trogosita emortua, Trogosita longicollis, Trogossita eocaenica, Trogosita insignis, Trogosita koellikeri, Trogosita sculpturata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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