Micromalthus priabonicus Perkovsky 2016 (telephone pole beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae

Full reference: E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. A new species of Micromalthidae (Coleoptera) from the Rovno amber: 1. Adult morphology. Paleontological Journal 50:293-296

Belongs to Micromalthus according to E. E. Perkovsky 2016

Sister taxa: Micromalthus debilis, Micromalthus eocenicus

Type specimen: SIZK K-7760, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)

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