†Jurorhizophagus alienus Cai et al. 2015 (root eating beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, A. Ślipiński, and D. Y. Huang. 2015. The oldest root-eating beetle from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera, Monotomidae). Alcheringa 39:488-493
Belongs to Jurorhizophagus according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 161706, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
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