Valdopogon Tihelka and Cai 2023 (soft bodied plant beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Artematopodidae

Full reference: E. Tihelka and C. Y. Cai. 2023. Taxonomic names, in An unusual artematopodid beetle from Early Cretaceous Wealden amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Artematopodidae). Palaeoentomology 6:455-458

Parent taxon: Artematopodidae according to E. Tihelka and C. Y. Cai 2023

Sister taxa: Artematopodinae, Bipogonia, Carinibipogonia, Electribiinae, Forticatinius, Notocupes undatabdominus, Protartematopus, Sinobrevipogon, Tarsomegamerus

Subtaxa: Valdopogon simpsoni

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Type: Valdopogon simpsoni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wealden amber, Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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