Petrimordella oligocenica Nel 1985

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Stenalia oligocenica

Full reference: A. Nel. 1985. Sur la présence d'un Coléoptère Mordellidae fossile dans les calcaires stampiens de Cereste (Alpes de Haute-Provence). L'Entomologiste 41(3):119-121

Belongs to Petrimordella according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Nel 1985

Sister taxa: Petrimordella indata, Petrimordella inundata, Petrimordella lapidicola, Petrimordella nearctica, Petrimordella nigrapilosa, Petrimordella priscula, Petrimordella protogaea, Petrimordella rasnitsyni, Petrimordella scudderiana, Petrimordella smithiana, Petrimordella stygia

Type specimen: MNHN.F.R07459, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (MNHN coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Distribution: found only at Céreste (MNHN coll)

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