†Latridius jantaricus Borowiec 1985 (minute brown scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Latridiidae
Alternative combination: Stephostethus jantaricus
Synonym: Latridius jacquelinae Hawkeswood et al. 2009
Full reference: L. Borowiec. 1985. Two new species of Lathridius sensu lato (Coleoptera, Lathridiidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 55:251-254
Belongs to Latridius according to H. P. Reike et al. 2017
See also Hawkeswood et al. 2009 and Reike et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Lathridius jantaricus, Latridius (Coninomus), Latridius alexeevi
Type specimens:
- Latridius jantaricus: MZP 5646, an exoskeleton
- Latridius jacquelinae: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (Hawkeswood coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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