Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2013. Fourth contribution on late Eocene amber silken fungus beetles: a new Baltic amber species of Atomaria (Coleoptera, Clavicornia, Cryptophagidae). Vestnik Zoologii 47(3):e63-e66
Belongs to Atomaria (Anchicera) according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2013
Sister taxa: Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi, Atomaria (Anchicera) groehni, Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi, Atomaria (Anchicera) propinqua, Atomaria (Anchicera) saxonica
Type specimen: MAI-897, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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