†Amberoderma beali Háva and Prokop 2004 (skin beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Full reference: J. Háva and J. Prokop. 2004. New fossil dermestid-beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from the Dominican amber of the Greater Antilles, with an appendix listing known fossil species of this family. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68:173-182
Belongs to Amberoderma according to G. Poinar and J. Háva 2015
See also Háva and Prokop 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca (Amberica West 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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