†Sceloenopla ambarensis Santiago-Blay et al. 1996 (tortoise beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: J. A. Santiago-Blay, G. O. Poinar, and P. R. Craig. 1996. Dominican and Mexican amber chrysomelids, with descriptions of two new species. Chrysomelid Biology, vol. 1: The Classification, Phylogeny and Genetics 413-424
Belongs to Sceloenopla according to J. A. Santiago-Blay et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Sceloenopla dominicana, Sceloenopla stainesorum
Type specimen: Poinar C7-112, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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