Taphioporus balticus Moseyko and Kirejtshuk 2013 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: A. G. Moseyko and A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2013. On the taxonomic position of new taxa of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 6:163-172

Belongs to Taphioporus according to A. G. Moseyko and A. G. Kirejtshuk 2013

Sister taxa: Taphioporus carsteni, Taphioporus rovnoi, Taphioporus rufous

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1334-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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