Glaresis cretacea Nikolajev 2007 (enigmatic scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaresidae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2007. Mezozoyskiy Etap Evolyutsii Plastinchatousykh (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) 1-222

Belongs to Glaresis according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007

Sister taxa: Glaresis burmitica, Glaresis orthochilus, Glaresis tridentata

Type specimen: PIN 3064/7174, a set of appendages. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 31), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl/siltstone in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 31)

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