†Rhantus villumi Prokin et al. 2024 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: A. A. Prokin, J. Hájek, D. V. Vasilenko and E. E. Perkovsky. 2024. The oldest Rhantus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark. Zootaxa 5458:263-274
Belongs to Rhantus according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Rhantus exsoletus, Rhantus praesuturellus
Type specimen: FUM-N 11573, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lynghøj, Morsø Kommune, which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lynghøj, Morsø Kommune
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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