Tyrannasorus Ratcliffe and Ocampo 2001 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Full reference: B. C. Ratcliffe and F. C. Ocampo. 2001. Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo, a new genus and species of Miocene hybosorid in amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(3):351-355

Parent taxon: Hybosoridae according to Y. Y. Lu et al. 2018

See also Ratcliffe and Ocampo 2001

Sister taxa: Anaidinae, Ceratocanthinae, Coprologus, Hybosorinae, Liparochrinae, Mimaphodiinae, Procoilodes, Pulcherhybosorus, Sinochaetodus, Sinohybosorus

Subtaxa: Tyrannasorus rex

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Type: Tyrannasorus rex

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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