†Xenophagus popovi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017 (pleasing fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae
Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2017. Xenophagus, a new genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Baltic amber. Russian Entomological Journal 26:147-150
Belongs to Xenophagus according to O. Keller and P. E. Skelley 2019
See also Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
Sister taxon: Xenophagus simutniki
Type specimen: CCHH 26-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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