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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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