Petrimordella nigrapilosa Statz 1952 (tumbling flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Mordella nigrapilosa

Full reference: G. Statz. 1952. Fossile Mordellidae und Lamellicornia (Coleoptera) aus dem Oberoligozan von Rott. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 102:1-17

Belongs to Petrimordella according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Statz 1952

Sister taxa: Petrimordella indata, Petrimordella inundata, Petrimordella lapidicola, Petrimordella nearctica, Petrimordella oligocenica, Petrimordella priscula, Petrimordella protogaea, Petrimordella rasnitsyni, Petrimordella scudderiana, Petrimordella smithiana, Petrimordella stygia

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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