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]

Tetraphalerites
Temporal range: Priabonian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Ommatidae
Genus:
†Tetraphalerites

Crowson 1962
Binomial name
†Tetraphalerites oligocenicus
Crowson 1962

References
  1. 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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