†Archaeserropalpus cretaceus Nikitsky 2002 (false darkling beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae
Full reference: N. B. Nikitsky. 2002. New taxa of the beetles Melandryidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) from the Upper Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 36:504-507
Belongs to Archaeserropalpus according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Bukejs and Alekseev 2015 and Nikitsky 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-722, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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