†Rhizophtoma Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009 (root eating beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae

Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and D. Azar. 2009. Taxonomic names, in New beetles of Polyphaga (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Denisia 26:119-130

Parent taxon: Rhizophtomini according to D. Peris and X. Delclòs 2015

See also Kirejtshuk 2013 and Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009

Sister taxon: Rhizobactron

Subtaxa: Rhizophtoma elateroides Rhizophtoma longus Rhizophtoma synchrotronica

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Type: Rhizophtoma elateroides

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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