†Xestipyge ikanti Alekseev 2016 (clown beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev. 2016. Description of two clown beetles (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia: Hydrophiloidea: Histeridae) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 16:27-35
Belongs to Xestipyge according to V. I. Alekseev 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCHH 1470-6, 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:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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