†Syndesus ambericus Woodruff 2009 (stag beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Full reference: R. E. Woodruff. 2009. A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber,with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insecta Mundi 0098:1-10
Belongs to Syndesus according to R. E. Woodruff 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM #502873, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)
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