Paraodontomma burmitica Yamamoto 2017 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2017. A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Cretaceous Research 76:34-39

Belongs to Paraodontomma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Yamamoto 2017

Sister taxa: Paraodontomma leptocristatum, Paraodontomma szwedoi

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-SY13, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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