Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae
Alternative combination: Palaeometrioxena zherikhini
Full reference: A. A. Legalov. 2012. New curculionoid beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 46:262-272
Belongs to Archimetrioxena according to A. A. Legalov 2023
See also Legalov 2012, Legalov 2015, Legalov 2019 and Legalov and Bukejs 2018
Sister taxon: Archimetrioxena electrica
Type specimen: PIN 964/1236, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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