†Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk and Poinar 2007 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and G. Poinar. 2007. Species of two paleoendemic sap beetle genera of the tribe Nitidulini (Nitidulidae: Coleoptera) from the Baltic and Dominican amber. Paleontological Journal 41:629-641
Belongs to Palaeometopia according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and G. Poinar 2007
Sister taxon: Palaeometopia colorata
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-401B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
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