†Anthracohelops gigas Haupt 1950 (darkling beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Full reference: H. Haupt. 1950. Die Käfer (Coleoptera) aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales. Geologica 6:1-168
Belongs to Anthracohelops according to P. Bouchard et al. 2021
See also Haupt 1950, Kirejtshuk et al. 2008 and Nabozhenko 2019
Sister taxa: Anthracohelops minutus, Anthracohelops molassicus, Anthracohelops wetteravicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection)
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