†Protoripidius burmiticus Cai et al. 2018 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, Z. W. Yin, and D. Y. Huang. 2018. A new ripiphorid beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber sheds light on early evolution of the extant subfamily Ripidiinae (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 17:351-356
Belongs to Protoripidius according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Cai et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 166155, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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