†Mesecanus Newton 1982 (primitive carrion beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Agyrtidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 154186
Synonym: Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko 1977 [replaced name] (taxon 202369)
Full reference: A. F. Newton. 1982. New name for the extinct genus Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko (Coleoptera: Silphidae s l). Psyche 88:335
Parent taxon: Agyrtidae according to S. Chatzimanolis 2018
Sister taxa: Agyrtinae, Eosilphites, Ipelates, Ponomarenkia, Prosilpha, Pterolomatinae, Sinosilphia
Subtaxa: Mesecanus communis, Mesecanus lintouensis
Type: Mesagyrtes communis
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