†Aglyptinus poinari Perkovsky 2000 (round fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Full reference: E. E. Perkovsky. 2000. The first find of leiodid tribe Scotocryptini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) in fossil resin (Dominican amber). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S331-S332
Belongs to Aglyptinus according to E. E. Perkovsky 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OSU Poinar C 7-358A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
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