†Passandra plenaria Kirejtshuk et al. 2019 (parasitic flat bark beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Passandridae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk, A. V. Kovalev, and A. Nel. 2019. The oldest Cenozoic passandrid (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Passandridae) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 18:977-983
Belongs to Passandra according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Passandra septentrionaria
Type specimen: MTM Nel 3036, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (MNT collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNT collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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