†Clypastraea primainterpares Alekseev 2016 (minute hooded beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Corylophidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev. 2016. Clypastraea primainterpares sp. nov. - the first fossil minute hooded beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Corylophidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene, Tertiary). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 16:21-26
Belongs to Clypastraea according to V. I. Alekseev 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCHH 1615-3, 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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