ammonites
Meligethes detractus Förster 1891 (sap beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Full reference: B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593

Belongs to Meligethes according to N. Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 2.30 x 1.90, elytron length 1.60