Mallecupes (Mallecupoides) cleevelyi Jarzembowski et al. 2017 (reticulated beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, B. Wang, and D. R. Zheng. 2017. A new spiny reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 128:798-802

Belongs to Mallecupes (Mallecupoides) according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Jarzembowski et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 164792, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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