Cretoglaresis nana 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 Cretoglaresis according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026

See also Nikolajev 2007

Sister taxon: Cretoglaresis ovalis

Type specimen: PIN 4210/5462, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 31), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 31)

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