Dyschiriomimus is an extinct genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Dyschiriomimus stackelbergi, discovered in Baltic amber in Lithuania. Fossils of this beetle have been dated from 38 to 33.9 million years ago.[1][2]
Dyschiriomimus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Scaritinae |
Tribe: | Dyschiriini |
Genus: | Dyschiriomimus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1960 |
Species: | D. stackelbergi
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Binomial name | |
Dyschiriomimus stackelbergi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1960
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References
edit- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Dyschiriomimus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1960". Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, genus Dyschiriomimus". Retrieved 2024-09-24.