†Amnestus guapinolinus Thomas 1988 (burrowing bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Full reference: D. B. Thomas. 1988. Fossil Cydnidae (Heteroptera) From the Oligo-Miocene Amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96(1):26-29
Belongs to Amnestus according to D. B. Thomas 1988
Sister taxa: Amnestus electricus, Amnestus priscus
Type specimen: Cat. No. CV-020 , an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (Villar Coll.), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Villar Coll.)
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