Dryophilus hoffeinsorum Alekseev 2014 (spider beetle)

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 Dryophilus according to J. Háva and P. Zahradník 2022

See also Alekseev 2014 and Bukejs and Alekseev 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1771-3, 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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