Trypanaeus hispaniolus Chatzimanolis et al. 2006 (clown beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Full reference: S. Chatzimanolis, M. S. Caterino, and M. S. Engel. 2006. The First Fossil of the Subfamily Trypanaeinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae): A New Species of Trypanaeus in Dominican Amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60(4):330-340

Belongs to Trypanaeus according to S. Chatzimanolis et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-360, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)

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