Vetuprostomis Engel and Grimaldi 2008 (jugular-horned beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Prostomidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2008. A jugular-horned beetle in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Prostomidae). Alavesia 2:215-218

Parent taxon: Prostomidae according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2022

See also Batelka et al. 2018 and Engel and Grimaldi 2008

Sister taxon: Prostomis

Subtaxa: Vetuprostomis angularis Vetuprostomis consimilis Vetuprostomis gaoi

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Type: Vetuprostomis consimilis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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