†Cretocrenis burmanicus Fikáček et al. 2017 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Full reference: M. Fikáček, Y. N. Minoshima, A. Komarek, A. E. Z. Short, D. Y. Huang and C. Y. Cai. 2017. Cretocrenis burmanicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of a water scavenger beetle (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Cretaceous Research 44:49-55
Belongs to Cretocrenis according to M. Fikáček et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 165247, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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