Mesothoris Tillyard 1916 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Taldycupedidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Parent taxon: Taldycupedinae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Carpenter 1992, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Riek 1968 and Tillyard 1916

Sister taxa: Afrotaldycupes, Simmondsia, Taldycupes, Tecticupes, Tychticupes, Tychticupes ussovi, Tychticupoides, Uskaticupes, Uskaticupes javorskyi, Wuchangia, Yiyangicupes, Yuxianocoleus

Subtaxa: Mesothoris clathrata Mesothoris grandis Mesothoris punctomarginum

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Type: Mesothoris clathrata

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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