Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: A. Kaupp and P. Nagel. 2001. Taxonomic names, in An annotated catalogue of fossil Ripiphoridae, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 85:167-172
Belongs to Pauroripidius according to A. Kaupp and P. Nagel 2001
Sister taxon: Pauroripidius pyrrholophus
Type specimen: GPIH 4303, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
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