Calosoma winnicaensis
| Calosoma winnicaensis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Species: | †C. winnicaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Calosoma winnicaensis | |
Calosoma winnicaensis is an extinct species of ground beetle (Carabidae) that lived in the Menilite Formation (Poland) during the Oligocene epoch.[1]
The discovery of C. winnicaensis seems to confirm that the European ground beetle (Calosoma specifically) diversity was high during the Oligocene epoch.[1]
References
- 1 2 Nel, André; Bernard, Rafał; Szybiak, Robert; Daraż, Bogusław (February 2025). "The first fossil insects from the marine Oligocene Menilite Formation in Poland (Odonata, Coleoptera)". Palaeoentomology. 8 (1): 80–88. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.8.1.9.