†Praeanchodemus punctaticeps Schmidt et al. 2017 (ground beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: J. Schmidt, T. Göpel, and K. Will. 2017. Description of the first flightless platynine ground beetle preserved in Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zootaxa 4318:110-122
Belongs to Praeanchodemus according to J. Schmidt et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS BB-1752-K, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection
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