†Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns and Branham 2005 (longhorned beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Full reference: E. H. Nearns and M. A. Branham. 2005. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican amber with notes on the fossil Plectromerus tertiarius Vitali. Zootaxa 1088:17-24
Belongs to Plectromerus according to E. H. Nearns and M. A. Branham 2005
Sister taxon: Plectromerus tertiarius
Type specimen: AMNH DR-16-535, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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