†Microsoronia nigerrima Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2010 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. S. Kurochkin. 2010. New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulini) from the Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers. Paleontological Journal 44:53-67
Belongs to Microsoronia according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. S. Kurochkin 2010
Sister taxa: Microsoronia hoffeinsorum, Microsoronia interfax, Microsoronia kerneggeri
Type specimen: Kernegger 109/1997, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Yantarny, Kernegger collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Yantarny, Kernegger collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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