Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Alternative combination: Ptinus burukovskyi
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 Ptinus (Gynopterus) according to J. Háva and P. Zahradník 2020
See also Alekseev 2014 and Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
Sister taxa: Ptinus (Gynopterus) anastasiae, Ptinus (Gynopterus) electron, Ptinus (Gynopterus) fantii, Ptinus (Gynopterus) groehni, Ptinus (Gynopterus) inclusus, Ptinus (Gynopterus) scalovicus
Type specimen: Hoffeins 883-5, 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 (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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