Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae
Alternative combinations: Helcophorus (Helcophorus) berendti, Helcophorus berendti
Full reference: J. R. Winkler. 1987. Three new genera of fossil Lycidae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Lycidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 77:61-78
Belongs to Hiekeolycus according to M. Motyka et al. 2023
See also Kazantsev 2013, Kazantsev 2020, Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2022, Tihelka et al. 2019 and Winkler 1987
Sister taxa: Hiekeolycus ekaterinae, Hiekeolycus winkleri
Type specimen: MfN MB J.517, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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