Blapsium

Blapsium is an extinct genus of beetles from the Middle Jurassic period.[1][2] The only described species is B. egertoni,[3] and samples have only been found at the Taynton Limestone Formation, also known as the Stonesfield Slate.[4]

Blapsium Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian 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:	†Blapsium Westwood, 1854
Binomial name
†Blapsium egertoni Westwood, 1854
Synonyms
Blapsidium Phillips, 1871

Blapsium was referred to Ommatidae (considered in the paper to be a subfamily of Cupedidae) in 2020.[5]

Sources

1. A. G. Ponomarenko. 2006. On the Types of Mesozoic Archostematan Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Archostemata) in the Natural History Museum, London. Paleontological Journal 40(1):90-99
2. Walker, Cyril Alexander; Ward, David (2002-01-01). Fossils. DK. p. 78. ISBN 9780789489845.
3. J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
4. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1892-01-01.
5. A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2020. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]