One new fossil genus and four new fossil species are described from the Late Tithonian-Berriasian Yixian Formation (Huangbanjigou) in China: Sinosperchopsis silinae gen. et sp. nov., Hydrophilopsia shatrovskiyi sp. nov., H. hydraenoides sp. nov. and H. gracilis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea). The genus Sinosperchopsis is compared with all Mesozoic hydrophiloid genera known so far.
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1 June 2010
New Mesozoic Water Scavenger Beetles from the Yixian Formation in China (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea)
Alexander Prokin,
Dong Ren,
Martin Fikáček
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Berriasian
China
Coleoptera
fossil
Hydrophiloidea
Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
Mesozoic