†Protomalthus Tihelka et al. 2020 (telephone pole beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae
Full reference: E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang, and C. Y. Cai. 2020. A new genus and species of Micromalthidae from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 111:39-46
Parent taxon: Micromalthidae according to E. Tihelka et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Archaeomalthus, Cretomalthus, Micromalthus
Subtaxa: Protomalthus burmaticus
Type: Protomalthus burmaticus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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