Neocrepidodera antiqua Gressitt 1971 (flea beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Alternative combinations: Asiorestia antiqua, Crepidodera antiqua

Full reference: J. L. Gressitt. 1971. A second chrysomelid beetle from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:63-64

Belongs to Neocrepidodera according to A. Bukejs and K. Nadein 2013

See also Gressitt 1971 and Santiago-Blay et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 13523, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-7053, Palo Blanco mine, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7053, Palo Blanco mine

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