†Trycherus castaneus Hope 1837 (handsome fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae
Alternative combination: Eumorphus castaneus
Full reference: F. W. Hope. 1837. Observations on succinic insects. Part the second. Gums and resins. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2:46-57
Belongs to Trycherus according to F. W. Shockley and V. I. Alekseev 2014
See also Hope 1837 and Shockley et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gum Animè (Strong collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gum Animè (Strong collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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