Anthrenus (Nathrenus) ambericus Háva et al. 2006 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

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 Anthrenus (Nathrenus) according to J. Háva 2022

See also Háva 2014, Háva and Alekseev 2015, Háva et al. 2006 and Háva et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Anthrenus (Nathrenus) electron, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) groehni, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) kerneggeri, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) larvalis

Type specimen: GPIH 4464, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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