†Hydrotrupes prometheus Gómez and Damgaard 2014 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: R. A. Gómez and A. L. Damgaard. 2014. A rare diving beetle from Baltic amber: Hydrotrupes prometheus new species reveals former widespread distribution of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Journal of Paleontology 88:814-822
Belongs to Hydrotrupes according to R. A. Gómez and A. L. Damgaard 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZMUC00036776, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)
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