Chelonarium dingansich Alekseev and Bukejs 2021 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chelonariidae

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2021. Taxonomic names, in The first described turtle beetles from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on fossil Chelonariidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea). Fossil Record 24:19-32

Belongs to Chelonarium according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2021

Sister taxa: Chelonarium andabata, Chelonarium dominicanum

Type specimen: MAIG 6696, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)

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