†Arawakis poinari Opitz 2007 (checkered beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cleridae
Full reference: W. Opitz. 2007. Arawakis poinari Opitz, New Genus, New Species, A New Fossil Checkered Beetle in Dominican Amber (coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) and Review of the Historical References of Fossil Cleridae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(3):339-350
Belongs to Arawakis according to J. Kolibáč and D. Y. Huang 2016
See also Opitz 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: C, 7-72A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
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