Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev. 2014. New taxa of Baltic amber false darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Melandryidae). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14:79-96
Belongs to Serropalpus according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2021
See also Alekseev 2014 and Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
Sister taxa: Serropalpus ryzhkovianus, Serropalpus vivax
Type specimen: Hoffeins 824-3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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