Species

Scolytolarvariumichnus zherikhini (Petrov, 2013)

Type specimen data
holotype: Moscow Paleontological Institute ; 5008/70; Shiregen-Gashun; Maastrichtian
Reference:
Petrov, A. V. 2013. New ichnotaxon Megascolytinus zherikhini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from upper cretaceous deposits of mongolia. pp. 597-600. DOI:10.1134/S0031030113060051
Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: Strongly entangled galleries, at least 13 mm wide, branching from parent gallery; unfilled

Petrov, 2013

Diagnosis. Galleries of very large monogamous bark beetle. Larval galleries strongly entangled, start ing from separate egg niches located on both sides of relatively short mother gallery.

Synonymy list
2013     Megascolytinus zherikhini Petrov, isp. nov. — Petrov , pp. 598, fig. 1a, b
2013     Scolytolarvariumichnus zherikhini Petrov, 2013 — Melnyk et al. , fig. Tab.1. Tracemaker: Subfamily Scolytinae
2019     Scolytolarvariumichnus zherikhini (Petrov, 2013) comb. nov — Wisshak, Knaust & Bertling , pp. 16
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
GenusScolytolarvariumichnus
Speciesradiatus
sussexensis
zherikhini