Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae
Alternative combination: Glaesotropis weitschati
Full reference: V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1995. A new anthribid genus from the Baltic amber (Insecta: Coleoptera, Anthribidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 78:149-157
Belongs to Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) according to A. A. Legalov and G. O. Poinar 2020
See also Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999, Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995, Legalov 2015 and Legalov 2019
Sister taxa: Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) diadiasashai, Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) gusakovi, Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) minor, Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) succiniferus
Type specimen: GPIH 3630, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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