†Microticus khatanga Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2015 (silken fungus beetle)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
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
Belongs to Microticus according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3311/1999, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.