†Multispinus multispinosus Bao et al. 2018 (tumbling flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae
Full reference: T. Bao, K. S. Walczyńska, S. Moody, B. Wang, and J. Rust. 2018. New family Apotomouridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from lower Cenomanian amber of Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 91:14-19
Belongs to Multispinus according to T. Bao et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Multispinus parvus
Type specimen: NIGP 168210, 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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