Megasternum obscurum Marsham 1802 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Alternative combination: Dermestes obscurus
Full reference: T. Marsham. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, Sistens Insecta Britanniae Indigena, Secundum Methodum Linnaeanam Disposita, Tomus I, Coleoptera 1-547
Belongs to Megasternum according to J. Böcher 1995
See also Marsham 1802
Sister taxon: Megasternum boletophagum
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Probably from unit B3, Kap København (Quaternary of Greenland)
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