†Melanophthalma carstengroehni Reike 2012 (minute brown scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Latridiidae
Full reference: H. P. Reike. 2012. Neue Arten und Anmerkungen zu Latridiidae (Coleoptera) aus Baltischem Bernstein. Latridiidae 9:7-23
Belongs to Melanophthalma according to H. P. Reike et al. 2017
See also Reike 2012
Sister taxon: Melanophthalma opprimera
Type specimen: GPIH 4447, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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