†Stichtoptychus mexambrus Spilman 1971 (spider beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Full reference: T. J. Spilman. 1971. Fossil Stichtoptychus and Cryptorama in Mexican amber (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:87-89
Belongs to Stichtoptychus according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015
See also Spilman 1971 and Zahradník and Háva 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 13106, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-4122, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-4122, Simojovel region
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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