Mimaphodius pusillus Nikolajev 2007 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2007. Novoe podsemeystvo plastinchatousykh zhukov semeystva Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) iz mezozoya Azii. Izvestiya Natsionalnoi Akademii Nauk Respubliki Kazakhstan Seriya Biologicheskaya i Meditsinskaya 2(260):47-48

Belongs to Mimaphodius according to Y. Y. Lu et al. 2018

See also Nikolajev 2007 and Nikolajev 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3064/7183, an exoskeleton. 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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