†Crenitis profechuyi Arriaga-Varela et al. 2021 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Full reference: E. Arriaga-Varela, A. Brunke, and M. Fikáček. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Micro-CT reveals hidden morphology and clarifies the phylogenetic position of Baltic amber water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Historical Biology 33:1395-1411
Belongs to Crenitis according to E. Arriaga-Varela et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAIG 5954, 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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