Protocephaloncus perkovskyi Tshernyshev 2016 (soft-winged flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae

Full reference: S. E. Tshernyshev. 2016. New taxa of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in Baltic and Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 50:953-962

Belongs to Protocephaloncus according to E. Tihelka et al. 2021

See also Tshernyshev 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SIZK UA-719, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection)

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