†Neocrepidodera antiqua Gressitt 1971 (flea beetle)
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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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