Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Full reference: M. Fikáček, A. Prokin, E. Yan, Y. Yue, B. Wang, D. Ren, and R. Beattie. 2014. Modern hydrophilid clades present and widespread in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170:710-734
Belongs to Alegorius according to M. Fikáček et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU 2009079, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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