Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev. 2014. New fossil species of Ptinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene). Zoology and Ecology 24:239-255
Belongs to Ernobius according to A. Bukejs et al. 2021
See also Alekseev 2014 and Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
Sister taxa: Ernobius alonsoi, Ernobius arturi, Ernobius barticus, Ernobius effetus, Ernobius electrinus, Ernobius notangicus, Ernobius varmicus
Type specimen: Hoffeins 120-2, 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 the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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