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 Contacyphon according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. G. Ponomarenko 2019
Sister taxa: Contacyphon groehni, Contacyphon herthae, Contacyphon hoffeinsorum, Contacyphon insularis, Contacyphon involutus, Contacyphon keilbachi, Contacyphon wichardi, Cyphon krynickyi, Cyphon shevyrevi, Cyphon lobanovi, Cyphon gallicus, Cyphon pallasi
Type specimen: NHMUK I.9124, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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