Discoclavata dominicana Poinar 2013 (false powderpost beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae

Full reference: G. Poinar. 2013. Discoclavata dominicana n. gen., n. sp., (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Lissantauga epicrana n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ecumenidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 25:107-113

Belongs to Discoclavata according to G. Poinar 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OSU C-7-131, 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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