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 Cryptorhopalum according to J. Háva and J. Prokop 2004
Sister taxa: Cryptorhopalum dominicanum, Cryptorhopalum electron, Cryptorhopalum jantaricum, Cryptorhopalum kaliki, Cryptorhopalum macieji
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: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca (Amberica West coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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