Chimerogyrus Gustafson et al. 2020 (whirligig beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Full reference: G. T. Gustafson, M. C. Michat, and M. Balke. 2020. Burmese amber reveals a new stem lineage of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) based on the larval stage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189:1232-1248

Parent taxon: Gyrininae according to G. T. Gustafson et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Enhydrusini, Gyrinini, Orectochilini

Subtaxa: Chimerogyrus gigagalea

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Type: Chimerogyrus gigagalea

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (ZSMG collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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