Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Alternative combination: Megatoma (Megatoma) electra
Full reference: R. D. Zhantiev. 2006. New species of late Eocene dermestid beetles (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from the Rovno and Baltic ambers. Paleontological Journal 40(5):560-563
Belongs to Megatoma according to J. Háva 2023
See also Háva 2014, Háva 2022, Háva and Alekseev 2015, Háva and Bukejs 2018 and Zhantiev 2006
Sister taxa: Megatoma (Megatoma), Megatoma turonianensis
Type specimen: GPIH 4482, an exoskeleton (male). Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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