Ischalia (Ischalia) youngi Alekseev and Telnov 2016 (false fire-colored beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ischaliidae

Alternative combination: Ischalia youngi

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and D. Telnov. 2016. First fossil record of Ischaliidae Blair, 1920 (Coleoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4109:595-599

Belongs to Ischalia (Ischalia) according to D. Telnov and A. Bukejs 2019

See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2017 and Alekseev and Telnov 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCHH 1684-1, 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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