Contacyphon herthae Klausnitzer 2004 (marsh beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae

Alternative combination: Cyphon herthae

Full reference: B. Klausnitzer. 2004. Neue Arten der Familie Scirtidae (Coleoptera) aus Baltischem Bernstein (Teil 1). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 48:99-103

Belongs to Contacyphon according to P. Zwick et al. 2013

See also Klausnitzer 2004

Sister taxa: Contacyphon groehni, Contacyphon hoffeinsorum, Contacyphon insularis, Contacyphon involutus, Contacyphon keilbachi, Contacyphon kozlovi, Contacyphon wichardi, Cyphon pallasi, Cyphon lobanovi, Cyphon gallicus, Cyphon krynickyi, Cyphon shevyrevi

Type specimen: Klausnitzer coll. 15, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Klausnitzer collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Klausnitzer collection)

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