''Tetraphalerites'' is an extinct genus of ommatine archostematan beetle. It contains only one species, ''Tetraphalerites oligocenicus'' described by

Roy Crowson Roy Albert Crowson (22 November 1914 in Hadlow, Kent – 13 May 1999) was an English biologist who specialised in the taxonomy of beetles. He lectured at the Zoology Department of the University of Glasgow from 1949. He collected beetles and the ...

in 1962 for a specimen from the

Priabonian The Priabonian is, in the ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age or the upper stage of the Eocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Priabonian is preceded by the Bartonian and is followed by the Rupelian, the lowest stage of t ...

(late Eocene) aged Insect Limestone, Bembridge Marls of the Isle of Wight, UK.R. A. Crowson. 1962. Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two new fossil forms and a key to the recent genera. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13'' 5:147-157

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q21365472 Ommatidae Prehistoric beetle genera Taxa named by Roy Crowson Fossil taxa described in 1962