Phenolia (Lasiodites) caucasicus Kirejtshuk 1990 (sap beetle)

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)

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