Libanopsis straminea Kirejtshuk 2015 (cryptic slime mold beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Sphindidae

Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2015. Taxonomic names, in Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions. Cretaceous Research 52:461-479

Belongs to Libanopsis according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2015

Sister taxa: Libanopsis impexa, Libanopsis limosa, Libanopsis poinari, Libanopsis slipinskii

Type specimen: Azar TAR-101A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Bouarij, Caza Zhahleh (LU TAR collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bouarij, Caza Zhahleh (LU TAR collection)

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