†Anacaena paleodominica Fikáček and Engel 2011 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Full reference: M. Fikáček and M. S. Engel. 2011. An aquatic water scavenger beetle in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Annales Zoologici 61(4):621-628
Belongs to Anacaena according to M. Fikáček and M. S. Engel 2011
Sister taxon: Anacaena morla
Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-778, 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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