Vetuprostomis consimilis 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

Belongs to Vetuprostomis according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2022

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

Sister taxa: Vetuprostomis angularis, Vetuprostomis gaoi

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-1422, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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