Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Full reference: M. Bai, W. W. Zhang, and T. F. Qiu. 2017. Taxonomy, in Electraesalopsis beuteli gen. & sp. nov., the first lucanid beetle from the Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Zoological Systematics 42:390-394

Parent taxon: Lucanidae according to M. Bai et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Aesalinae, Ceruchitinae, Cretolucanus, Dorcasoides, Lampriminae, Litholampriminae, Lucaninae, Paleognathus, Paralucaninae, Prosinodendron, Protolucaninae, Syndesinae, Syndesus

Subtaxa: Electraesalopsis beuteli

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Type: Electraesalopsis beuteli

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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