†Leiestes tomaszewskae Alekseev and Bukejs 2022 (handsome fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2022. Taxonomic names, in The first extinct species of Leiestes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Endomychidae) from Baltic amber. Historical Biology 35:1763-1770
Belongs to Leiestes according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAIG 6723, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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