Cretohypsilara Cai et al. 2018 (riffle beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Full reference: C. Y. Cai, C. A. Maier, and D. Y. Huang. 2018. A new riffle beetle in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Cretaceous Research 89:154-159

Parent taxon: Elmidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Cleptelmis, Elminae, Heterelmis, Larainae

Subtaxa: Cretohypsilara parva

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Type: Cretohypsilara parva

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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