Mesaclopus Nikolajev 1992 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative spelling: Holcorobeus (Mesaclopus)

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 1992. Taxonomic criteria and generic composition of Mesozoic lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Paleontological Journal 26(1):96-111

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to J. C. Neita-Moreno et al. 2019

See also Nikolajev 1992, Nikolajev 2004 and Nikolajev 2007

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Mesaclopus mongolicus

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Type: Holcorobeus (Mesaclopus) mongolicus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965 (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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