†Baltoraea simillima Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk 2010 (sap beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Full reference: A. S. Kurochkin and A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2010. New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Epuraeinae, Cybocephalinae) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 44:534-545
Belongs to Baltoraea according to A. S. Kurochkin and A. G. Kirejtshuk 2010
Sister taxon: Baltoraea insignis
Type specimen: Groehn 4243C, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
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