Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2019. Taxonomic names, in The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:405-492
Belongs to Scirtes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. G. Ponomarenko 2019
Sister taxa: Eohelodites, Scirtes calcariferens, Scirtes circumcisus, Scirtes metepisternalis, Scirtes orbiculatus, Scirtes wightensis
Type specimen: NHMUK In.25597, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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