Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae
Alternative combination: Abdera rikojotensis
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 Abdera (Abdera) according to V. I. Alekseev 2014
See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2021 and Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
Sister taxon: Abdera (Abdera) hoffeinsorum
Type specimen: Hoffeins 882-1, 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 (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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