Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Alternative combination: Shijingocoleus margacrispus

Full reference: Q. B. Lin and C. J. Mou. 1989. On insects from Upper Triassic Xiaoping Formation, Guangzhou, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 28:598-603

Belongs to Mesolobites according to E. A. Jarzembowski et al. 2012

See also Lin and Mou 1989

Sister taxa: Mesolobites granulatus, Mesolobites punctatoides, Mesolobites quadripartita, Mesolobites tenuiclathrata, Mesolobites trivittatus, Mesolobites tuberculatus

Type specimen: Zhongshan University 08366, an elytra. Its type locality is Benggang, Shijing, northwest Guangzhou, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial siltstone in the Xiaoping Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Benggang, Shijing, northwest Guangzhou

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