Parahygrobia
Extinct genus of beetles
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Parahygrobia natans is an extinct species of adephagan beetle. It is the only member of the genus Parahygrobia and family Parahygrobiidae.[1][2] It is known only from larvae from the Late Jurassic of Russia.[3] Cladistic analysis has placed it as the sister group to extant Hygrobiidae.[4]
| Parahygrobia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | †Parahygrobiidae Ponomarenko, 1977 |
| Genus: | †Parahygrobia Ponomarenko, 1977 |
| Species: | †P. natans |
| Binomial name | |
| †Parahygrobia natans Ponomarenko, 1977 | |
