Hydroyixia elongata Fikáček et al. 2014 (water scavenger beetle)

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 Hydroyixia according to M. Fikáček et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Hydroyixia latissima

Type specimen: CNU 2010005, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2010 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

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