†Cretoxenus Fikáček et al. 2014 (water scavenger beetle)
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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
Parent taxon: Hydrobiusini according to M. Fikáček et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Baissalarva, Hydrobius, Limnoxenus
Subtaxa: Cretoxenus australis
Type: Cretoxenus australis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at NMVPL425, Koonwarra (Cretaceous of Australia)
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