Melanophthalma Motschulsky 1866 (minute brown scavenger beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Latridiidae
Parent taxon: Corticariinae according to H. P. Reike et al. 2017
See also Reike 2012
Sister taxa: Corticaria, Corticariites, Corticarina, Succinimontia
Subtaxa: Melanophthalma carstengroehni Melanophthalma opprimera
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.