Microsoronia interfax Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2010 (sap beetle)

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 kerneggeri, Microsoronia nigerrima

Type specimen: DEI 280, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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