†Paleotrichius dominicanus Poinar 2011 (flower chafer)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2011. Paleotrichius dominicanus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera; Cetoniidae), a flower beetle in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 23:109-113
Belongs to Paleotrichius according to G. Poinar 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-411, 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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