†Flabellotoma Batelka et al. 2016 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: J. Batelka, J. Prokop, and M. S. Engel. 2016. New ripiphorid beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae): first Pelecotominae and possible Mesozoic aggregative behaviour in male Ripidiinae. Cretaceous Research 68:70-78
Parent taxon: Pelecotominae according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Batelka et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Burmitoma, Clinops, Plesiotoma, Spinotoma
Subtaxa: Flabellotoma heidiae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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