†Melipriopsis rasnitsyni Kirejtshuk 2011 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2011. The oldest representatives of the subfamilies Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and Brontinae (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from Baltic amber and some evolutionary notes. Polish Journal of Entomology 80:729-745
Belongs to Melipriopsis according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxon: Melipriopsis baltica
Type specimen: DEI 28015, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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