†Electrognostus intermedius Philips and Mynhardt 2011 (spider beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Full reference: T. K. Philips and G. Mynhardt. 2011. Description of Electrognostus intermedius, the first spider beetle from Dominican amber with implications on spider beetle phylogeny (Coleoptera Ptinidae). Entomapeiron (P.S.) 4:37-51
Belongs to Electrognostus according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015
See also Philips and Mynhardt 2011 and Zahradník and Háva 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Allen 12642, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Albert Allen coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Albert Allen coll)
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