†Trochoideus resinatissimus Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018 (handsome fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and W. Tomaszewska. 2018. New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene . Palaeontologia Electronica 21(1.6A):1-23
Belongs to Trochoideus according to V. I. Alekseev and W. Tomaszewska 2018
Sister taxa: Trochoideus cruciatus, Trochoideus koenigsbergicus
Type specimen: CCHH 53-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection)
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