Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2015. New genus Microticus from Upper Cretaceous of Taymyr (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae), oldest silken fungus beetle with sexually dimorphic tarsal formula. Russian Entomological Journal 24:61-66

Parent taxon: Cryptophagini according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2017

See also Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2015

Sister taxa: Albocryptophagus, Antherophagus, Cryptophagus, Ennoticus, Henoticus, Micrambe, Pteryngium, Spaniophagus, Telmatophilus, Turgaphagites

Subtaxa: Microticus khatanga

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Type: Microticus khatanga

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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