Okamninus annae Mynhardt and Philips 2013 (spider beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Full reference: G. Mynhardt and T. K. Philips. 2013. A third new genus and species of spider beetle, Okamninus annae n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae), from Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 6:23-28

Belongs to Okamninus according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015

See also Mynhardt and Philips 2013 and Zahradník and Háva 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH DR2013-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca mine (AMNH coll)

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