Blapsium

Blapsium is an extinct genus of beetles from the Jurassic period.[1] The only described species is Blapsium egertoni. Samples have been found at the Taynton Limestone Formation, also known as the Stonesfield Slate.[2]

Blapsium
Temporal range: Bathonian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Genus:
Blapsium

Westwood, 1854
Species:
B. egertoni
Binomial name
Blapsium egertoni
Westwood, 1854

Blapsium was referred to Ommatidae (considered in the paper to be a subfamily of Cupedidae) in 2020.[3]

Sources
  1. Walker, Cyril Alexander; Ward, David (2002-01-01). Fossils. DK. p. 78. ISBN 9780789489845.
  2. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1892-01-01.
  3. A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2020. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]


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