†Vetuprostomis consimilis Engel and Grimaldi 2008 (jugular-horned beetle)
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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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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