†Cryphalites Cockerell 1917 (ironclad beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. Arthropods in Burmese amber. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 44(263):360-368
Parent taxon: Colydiinae according to D. J. Clarke and R. G. Oberprieler 2018
See also Cockerell 1917, Legalov 2011 and Wood and Bright 1992
Sister taxa: Bifurderum, Colydiini, Coslonatus, Gempylodini, Orthocerini, Stegastochlidus, Synchitini
Subtaxa: Cryphalites rugosissimus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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