Litargus (Litargus) electron Poinar and Háva 2015

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mycetophagidae

Alternative combination: Limniattagenus electron

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

Belongs to Litargus (Litargus) according to J. Háva 2022

See also Háva and Poinar 2021 and Poinar and Háva 2015

Sister taxa: none

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

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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