†Micromalthus priabonicus Perkovsky 2016 (telephone pole beetle)
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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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