Psammaegialia abdita Nikolajev et al. 2014 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev, B. Wang, and H. Zhang. 2014. On the systematic position of a new genus of beetles from the Mesozoic of China in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 10:219-222

Belongs to Psammaegialia according to G. V. Nikolajev et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Psammaegialia zebrina

Type specimen: NIGP 151867, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection)

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