Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Alternative combination: Lasiodactylus caucasicus
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 1990. Taxonomic names, in Fossil beetles of the Peltidae and Nitidulidae Families (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 24(2):79-90
Belongs to Phenolia (Lasiodites) according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. S. Kurochkin 2010
See also Kirejtshuk 1990
Sister taxa: Phenolia (Lasiodites) angustitibialis, Phenolia (Lasiodites) vanescens
Type specimen: PIN 254/1794, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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