Cheirotonus otai
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Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Euchirini
Genus: Cheirotonus
Species: †Cheirotonus otai
Name[edit]
Cheirotonus otai Ueda, 1989: 107
Type locality: Fuganji Mudstone Formation; "Okamasu, Kokufu Town, Tottori Pref., Honshu, Japan".
Holotype: KMNH IP 000,001
Eponymy: "Masamichi Ota, Director of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History, who found this important fossil and encouraged me during this study" [Ueda, 1989: 109]
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Ueda, K. 1989. A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabeid beetle from Tottori, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9: 105–110. PDF Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Cheirotonus otai – Taxon details on Fossilworks.