Megasternum boletophagum Marsham 1802 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Alternative combination: Dermestes boletophagus
Full reference: T. Marsham. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, Sistens Insecta Britanniae Indigena, Secundum Methodum Linnaeanam Disposita, Tomus I, Coleoptera 1-547
Belongs to Megasternum according to C. P. Green et al. 2006
See also Marsham 1802
Sister taxon: Megasternum obscurum
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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