Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Alternative combination: Tetraphalerus curtinervis

Full reference: J. J. Tan, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2007. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the late Mesozoic of north China. Annales Zoologici 57:231-247

Belongs to Monticupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Tan et al. 2007 and Tan and Ren 2009

Sister taxa: Monticupes decorosus, Monticupes fentaiensis, Monticupes surrectus

Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2006006, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection)

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