†Paleoripiphorus deploegi Perrichot et al. 2004 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: V. Perrichot, A. Nel, and D. Néraudeau. 2004. Two new wedge-shaped beetles in Albo-Cenomanian ambers of France (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae). European Journal of Entomology 101:577-581
Belongs to Paleoripiphorus according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Batelka et al. 2016 and Perrichot et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN ARC 254.6, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Myanmar (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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