Novunda pachycephala Ponomarenko 1989 (false ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Alternative combination: Unda pachycephala

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1989. New Jurassic and Cretaceous ground beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Asia. Paleontological Journal 23(2):47-59

Belongs to Novunda according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022

See also Ponomarenko 1989

Sister taxa: Novunda angulata, Novunda chifengensis, Novunda cursoria, Novunda microplata, Unda popovi

Type specimen: PIN 3795/1125, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shev'ya site (PIN collection 3795), which is in a Tithonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ukurei Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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