†Omositoidea gigantea Schaufuss 1891 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: C. Schaufuss. 1891. Preussens Bernstein-Käfer. Neue Formen aus der Helm'schen Sammlung im Danziger Provinzialmuseum. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36:53-64
Belongs to Omositoidea according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and G. Poinar 2007
See also Schaufuss 1891
Sister taxon: Omositoidea pubescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Helm collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Helm collection
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