Tetraphalerites
Tetraphalerites is an extinct genus of ommatine archostematan beetle. It contains only one species, Tetraphalerites oligocenicus described by Crowson in 1962 for a specimen from the Priabonian (late Eocene) aged Insect Limestone, Bembridge Marls of the Isle of Wight, UK.[1]
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| Genus: | †Tetraphalerites Crowson 1962 |
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| †Tetraphalerites oligocenicus Crowson 1962 | |
References
- R. A. Crowson. 1962. Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two new fossil forms and a key to the recent genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13 5:147-157
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