Petrimordella

Batelka, Jan, Rosová, Kateřina & Prokop, Jakub, 2023, Diversity and morphology of Eocene and Oligocene Mordellidae (Coleoptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (2), pp. 451-478 : 473

Petrimordella new collective group

Diagnosis. A collective group name according to ICZN (1999), established to accommodate species of the family Mordellidae preserved as compression fossils in Eocene and Oligocene matrices. If other mordellids from Palaeocene or Miocene shales are recorded in the future, the utilization of this generic name will be automatically extended to include these species. No type species is designated in accordance with the article 13.3.2. of ICZN (1999).

Etymology. The name is composed of the latinized Greek noun petra (a stone) and the generic name Mordella . Feminine gender.