†Cryptorhopalum kaliki Poinar and Háva 2015 (skin beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and J. Háva. 2015. New Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 8:1-11
Belongs to Cryptorhopalum according to G. Poinar and J. Háva 2015
Sister taxa: Cryptorhopalum ambericum, Cryptorhopalum dominicanum, Cryptorhopalum electron, Cryptorhopalum jantaricum, Cryptorhopalum macieji
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-60F, 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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