Psephenella ferreirai Martins-Neto 1998 (water penny beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Psephenidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1998. A Paleoentomofauna da Formação Tremembé (Bacia de Taubaté) Oligoceno do Estado de São Paulo: novos Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Auchenorrhyncha e Lepidoptera. Revista Universidade Guarulhos - Série Geociências 3(6):58-70

Belongs to Psephenella according to R. G. Martins-Neto 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MN-5623, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Santa Fe farm, Padre Eterno, Taubaté municipality (MN collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large shale in the Tremembé Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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