Palaeoxenus sinensis Chang et al. 2016 (false click beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Eucnemidae

Full reference: H. L. Chang, J. Muona, and M. Teräväinen. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Chinese Cretaceous larva exposes a southern Californian living fossil (Insecta, Coleoptera, Eucnemidae). Cladistics 32:211-214

Belongs to Palaeoxenus according to J. Muona et al. 2020

See also Chang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Henan Geological Museum 41HIII0181, a nymph (larva). Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, bed 2, Chaomidian Village (Henan Museum collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, bed 2, Chaomidian Village (Henan Museum collection)

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