Insecta - Coleoptera - Phloeostichidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2008. Taxonomic names, in Pleuroceratos burmiticus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110:250-257
Belongs to Pleuroceratos according to J. Háva 2023
See also Liu et al. 2019 and Poinar and Kirejtshuk 2008
Sister taxa: Pleuroceratos jiewenae, Pleuroceratos tertius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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