Glaresis tridentata Bai et al. 2014 (enigmatic scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaresidae

Full reference: M. Bai, R. G. Beutel, and D. Ren. 2014. Taxonomic names, in Description of a new species of Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Jehol Biota of China with a geometric morphometric evaluation. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 72:223-236

Belongs to Glaresis according to M. Bai et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Glaresis burmitica, Glaresis cretacea, Glaresis orthochilus

Type specimen: CNU-COL-LB2010645, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2010 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2010 collection

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