†Amberocula fallax Batelka et al. 2018 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: J. Batelka, M. S. Engel, and J. Prokop. 2018. A remarkable diversity of parasitoid beetles (Ripiphoridae) in Cretaceous amber, with a summary of the Mesozoic record of Tenebrionoidea. Cretaceous Research 90:296-310
Belongs to Amberocula according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Amberocula costata, Amberocula muelleri
Type specimen: MfN MB.I 7292, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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