Pycnomerus simukovi Alekseev 2015 (ironclad beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev. 2015. New cylindrical bark and ironclad beetles (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 15:17-24

Belongs to Pycnomerus according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2016

See also Alekseev 2015

Sister taxa: Pycnomerus agtsteinicus, Pycnomerus mahanatoa, Pycnomerus prebblei, Pycnomerus rairua, Pycnomerus raivavae, Pycnomerus rimatara, Pycnomerus taralewisae, Pycnomerus terebrans, Pycnomerus vavitu

Type specimen: Hoffeins 731-2, 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 Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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