Palpattalus eocenicus 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 Palpattalus according to E. Tihelka et al. 2021

See also Tshernyshev 2016 and Tshernyshev 2020

Sister taxon: Palpattalus baltiensis

Type specimen: ISEZh sch_002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Novosibirsk collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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