Tetraphalerites

Tetraphalerites; Temporal range: Priabonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ommatidae
Genus:	† Tetraphalerites ; Crowson, 1962
Species:	†T. oligocenicus
Binomial name
	†Tetraphalerites oligocenicus; Crowson, 1962

Last updated November 06, 2025

Tetraphalerites is an extinct genus of ommatid archostematan beetle. It contains only one species, Tetraphalerites oligocenicus described by Roy Crowson in 1962 for a specimen from the Priabonian (late Eocene) aged Insect Limestone, Bembridge Marls of the Isle of Wight, UK.^[1]

References

↑ Crowson, R. A. (1962). "Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two new fossil forms and a key to the recent genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13. 5 (51): 147–157. doi:10.1080/00222936208651227.

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[1] Crowson, R. A. (1962). "Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two new fossil forms and a key to the recent genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13. 5 (51): 147–157. doi:10.1080/00222936208651227.

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