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
Type: Tyrannasorus rex
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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