Trechus balticus Schmidt and Faille 2015 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: J. Schmidt and A. Faille. 2015. Confirmation of occurrence of Trechus Clairville, 1806 in the Baltic amber forests, with description of a flightless edaphic species, and remarks on Trechoides Motschulsky, 1856 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini). Zootaxa 4028:539-550

Belongs to Trechus according to J. Schmidt and A. Faille 2015

Sister taxa: Trechus (Trechus), Trechus amplicollis, Trechus capito, Trechus eoanophthalmus, Trechus exhibitorius, Trechus ovipennis, Trechus praeglacialis, Trechus quadristriatus, Trechus rivularis

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1310-5a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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