†Glyphonyx punctatus Becker 1963 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: E. C. Becker. 1963. Three new fossil elaterids from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico, including a new genus (Coleoptera). Journal of Paleontology 37:125-128
Belongs to Glyphonyx according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Becker 1963
Sister taxon: Glyphonyx chiapasensis
Type specimen: UCMP 12873, 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
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