†Cretomalthus Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 (telephone pole beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and D. Azar. 2008. New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2:15-46
Parent taxon: Micromalthidae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and D. Azar 2008
Sister taxa: Archaeomalthus, Micromalthus, Protomalthus
Subtaxa: Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum
Type: Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (MNHN collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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