†Episernus palvenikensis Alekseev 2014 (spider beetle)
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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 Episernus according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015
See also Alekseev 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AWI-095, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Alekseev coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Alekseev coll)
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