†Rhizobactron Kirejtshuk 2013 (root eating beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Current knowledge of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber and taxonomical notes for some Mesozoic groups. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 6:103-134
Parent taxon: Rhizophtominae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2013
Sister taxon: Rhizophtoma
Subtaxa: Rhizobactron marinae
Type: Rhizobactron marinae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Nabaa Es-Sukkar - Brissa (LU NBS collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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