†Microptilium geistautsi Dybas 1961 (feather-winged beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae
Full reference: H. S. Dybas. 1961. A new fossil feather-wing beetle from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Fieldiana Zoology 44(1):1-9
Belongs to Microptilium according to H. S. Dybas 1961
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll)
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