†Turgaphilus capitatus Ponomarenko 1990 (pleasing fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae
Alternative combination: Cryptophagites capitatus
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1990. Beetles, Scarabaeida, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:39-82
Belongs to Turgaphilus according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2025
See also Ponomarenko 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1742/179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Turga (PIN collection 1742), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Turga Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Turga (PIN collection 1742)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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