†Passalopalpus cheni Boucher et al. 2016 (scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Passalopalpidae
Full reference: S. Boucher, M. Bai, and W. W. Zhang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in †Passalopalpidae, a new family from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Passalidae Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Cretaceous Research 64:67-78
Belongs to Passalopalpus according to Y. D. Li et al. 2022
See also Boucher et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 163563, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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