Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae

Alternative combination: Cyphon hoffeinsorum

Full reference: B. Klausnitzer. 2011. Neue Arten der Scirtidae (Coleoptera) aus Baltischem Bernstein (Teil 2). Entomologische Zeitschrift 121:11-14

Belongs to Contacyphon according to P. Zwick et al. 2013

See also Klausnitzer 2011

Sister taxa: Contacyphon groehni, Contacyphon herthae, Contacyphon insularis, Contacyphon involutus, Contacyphon keilbachi, Contacyphon kozlovi, Contacyphon wichardi, Cyphon pallasi, Cyphon lobanovi, Cyphon shevyrevi, Cyphon krynickyi, Cyphon gallicus

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1630-5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

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

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