Attagenus electron Poinar and Háva 2015 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Full reference: G. Poinar and J. Háva. 2015. New Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 8:1-11

Belongs to Attagenus according to G. Poinar and J. Háva 2015

Sister taxa: Attagenus (Attagenus), Attagenus aboriginalis, Attagenus ambericus, Attagenus balticus, Attagenus coziki, Attagenus extinctus, Attagenus hoffeinsorum, Attagenus lundi, Attagenus obesus, Attagenus secundus, Attagenus sopitus, Attagenus yantarnyi

Type specimen: Poinar C-7-60A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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