Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Alternative spelling: Prometopia (Palaeometopia)

Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2007. Taxonomic names, in Species of two paleoendemic sap beetle genera of the tribe Nitidulini (Nitidulidae: Coleoptera) from the Baltic and Dominican amber. Paleontological Journal 41

Parent taxon: Prometopinae according to A. R. Cline et al. 2014

See also Kirejtshuk 2007 and Kirejtshuk 2008

Sister taxon: Prometopia

Subtaxa: Palaeometopia colorata Palaeometopia dominicana

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Type: Palaeometopia dominicana

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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