†Catops perkovskyi Perreau 2012 (round fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Full reference: M. Perreau. 2012. Description of a new genus and two new species of Leiodidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic amber using phase contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Zootaxa 3455:81-88
Belongs to Catops according to M. Perreau 2012
Sister taxon: Catops nathani
Type specimen: Perreau MP002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Yantarny (Perreau collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Yantarny (Perreau collection)
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