Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Alternative combination: Cyphon keilbachi
Full reference: B. Klausnitzer. 2004. Neue Arten der Familie Scirtidae (Coleoptera) aus Baltischem Bernstein (Teil 1). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 48:99-103
Belongs to Contacyphon according to P. Zwick et al. 2013
See also Klausnitzer 2004 and Klausnitzer 2011
Sister taxa: Contacyphon groehni, Contacyphon herthae, Contacyphon hoffeinsorum, Contacyphon insularis, Contacyphon involutus, Contacyphon kozlovi, Contacyphon wichardi, Cyphon krynickyi, Cyphon shevyrevi, Cyphon lobanovi, Cyphon gallicus, Cyphon pallasi
Type specimen: GPIH 4321, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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