Electribius friederichi Hörnschemeyer 1998 (soft bodied plant beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Artematopodidae

Full reference: T. Hörnschemeyer. 1998. New species of Electribius Crowson 1973 (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae) from Baltic amber. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 72:299-306

Belongs to Electribius according to J. Háva 2015

See also Hörnschemeyer 1998

Sister taxa: Electribius balticus, Electribius gorskii, Electribius oligocenicus, Electribius palaeomexicanus, Electribius procerus

Type specimen: ZIMG 3914, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Göttingen Zoologisches Museum collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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