Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Alternative combinations: Brochocoleus aphaleratus, Tetraphalerus aphaleratus
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1969. Istoricheskoe Razvitie Zhestkokrylykh-Arkhostemat [Historical Development of the Archostomate Beetles]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk SSSR 125:1-240
Belongs to Allophalerus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Ponomarenko 1969 and Ponomarenko 1997
Sister taxa: Allophalerus antiquus, Allophalerus bontsaganensis, Allophalerus incertus, Allophalerus latus, Allophalerus maximus, Allophalerus okhotensis, Allophalerus tenuipes, Allophalerus verrucosus
Type specimen: PIN 1059/74, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kyzyl-Kiya (PIN collection 1059), which is in a Pliensbachian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in Kyrgyzstan.
Distribution: found only at Kyzyl-Kiya (PIN collection 1059)
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