Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Belongs to Dascillus according to J. F. Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Dascillus exiguus, Dascillus flatus, Dascillus musculus, Dascillus relictus, Dascillus shandongianus

Type specimen: 840069, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 19.3 x 7.8