Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Prague (PřFUK).
Primary reference: J. Batelka and J. Prokop. 2021. The earliest beetle with mouthparts specialized for feeding on nectar is a parasitoid of mid‑Cretaceous Hymenoptera. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21(207) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 223712: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.11.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cretomophron mutilum n. gen. n. sp.4
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Cretorhadalus constantini n. gen. n. sp.3
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Melanosiagon serraticornis n. gen. n. sp., Eodrias mandibularis n. gen. n. sp.2, Ripidinelia sp.1, Ripidinelia burmiticola n. gen. n. sp.1
Ripidinelia sp.1 Batelka and Prokop 2019 wedge shaped beetle PřFUK005, 006, 007 (two males), 008 (three males)
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