Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthicidae
Alternative combination: Protomacratria tripunctata
Full reference: M. Abdullah. 1964. New heteromerous beetles (Coleoptera) from the Baltic amber of eastern Prussia and gum copal of Zanzibar. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 116:329-349
Belongs to Macratria according to D. Telnov and A. Bukejs 2019
See also Abdullah 1964 and Telnov 2012
Sister taxa: Macratria alleni, Macratria appendiculata, Macratria gigantea, Macratria succinia
Type specimen: BMNH In.17723, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (BMNH collection)
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