†Amnestus electricus Thomas 1994 (burrowing bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Full reference: D. B. Thomas. 1994. Fossil Cydnidae (Heteroptera) in the Dominican Amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102(3):303-309
Belongs to Amnestus according to D. B. Thomas 1994
Sister taxa: Amnestus guapinolinus, Amnestus priscus
Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-22, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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