†Palaeocnopus densipunctatus Alekseev and Grzymala 2015 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Aderidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and T. L. Grzymala. 2015. New Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 3956:239-257
Belongs to Palaeocnopus according to V. I. Alekseev and T. L. Grzymala 2015
Sister taxa: Palaeocnopus glabricornis, Palaeocnopus mara, Palaeocnopus saeticornis
Type specimen: Hoffeins 420-6, 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 Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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