Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Alternative combination: Attagenus (Attagenus) hoffeinsorum
Full reference: J. Háva, J. Prokop, and A. Herrmann. 2006. New fossil dermestid beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from the Baltic amber. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 69:281-287
Belongs to Attagenus according to J. Háva 2023
See also Háva 2014, Háva 2022, Háva and Bukejs 2018, Háva et al. 2006, Háva et al. 2006 and Háva et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Attagenus (Attagenus), Attagenus aboriginalis, Attagenus ambericus, Attagenus balticus, Attagenus coziki, Attagenus electron, Attagenus extinctus, Attagenus lundi, Attagenus obesus, Attagenus secundus, Attagenus sopitus, Attagenus yantarnyi
Type specimen: DEIC 888/1, BaB, 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:
• Eocene of Poland (3 collections), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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