†Melipriopsis baltica Kirejtshuk and Bukejs 2023 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. Bukejs. 2023. A new species of Melipriopsis Kirejtshuk, 2011 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5230:238-244
Belongs to Melipriopsis according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. Bukejs 2023
Sister taxon: Melipriopsis rasnitsyni
Type specimen: MAIG 6897, 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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