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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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