Insecta - Coleoptera - Cyclaxyridae
Alternative combination: Stilbus bedovoyi
Synonyms: Ephistemus crassipes Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019, Neolitochropus hoffeinsorum Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2016, Olibrolitus katyae Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2020
Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2011. New species of Stilbus (Coleoptera, Clavicornia, Phalacridae) from the late Eocene Rovno amber. Vestnik Zoologii 45(2):e47-e50
Belongs to Neolitochropus according to M. L. Gimmel and K. Szawaryn 2020
See also Gimmel et al. 2019, Háva 2020, Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2011, Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2016, Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019 and Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2020
Sister taxon: Neolitochropus michalskii
Type specimens:
- Neolitochropus bedovoyi: SIZK K-5112. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
- Ephistemus crassipes: CCHH 1223-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Neolitochropus hoffeinsorum: CCHH 1206-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
- Olibrolitus katyae: CCHH 1206-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
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