Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král 2023 (earth-boring dung beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Full reference: H. Aiba and D. Král. 2023. The first fossil of Ceratophyus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from the Middle Pleistocene Shiobara Group of Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 28:265-272

Belongs to Ceratophyus according to H. Aiba and D. Král 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KYFSI209, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (KYFSI collection), which is in a Pleistocene crater lake mudstone in the Miyajima Formation of Japan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (KYFSI collection)

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