Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae
Alternative combination: Mesothoris quadripartita
Full reference: B. Dunstan. 1923. Mesozoic insects of Queensland Part I - introduction and Coleoptera. Queensland Geological Survey Publication 273:1-89
Belongs to Mesolobites according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2016
See also Dunstan 1923
Sister taxa: Mesolobites granulatus, Mesolobites margacrispus, Mesolobites punctatoides, Mesolobites tenuiclathrata, Mesolobites trivittatus, Mesolobites tuberculatus
Type specimen: GSQ 349, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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