Metrorhynchites dilutes Lin 1986

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Alternative combination: Mancicupes dilutes

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1986. Early Mesozoic fossil insects from South China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 170:1-112

Belongs to Metrorhynchites according to A. G. Ponomarenko et al. 2012

See also Lin 1986

Sister taxa: Metrorhynchites angustior, Metrorhynchites angustum, Metrorhynchites angustus, Metrorhynchites baculum, Metrorhynchites dunstani, Metrorhynchites elongatus, Metrorhynchites grandis, Metrorhynchites longus, Metrorhynchites putativus, Metrorhynchites sydneiensis

Type specimen: NIGP 70062, a tegmen. Its type locality is KHG 74, Chengtanjiang section, Liuyang City, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Sanqiutang Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at KHG 74, Chengtanjiang section, Liuyang City

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