†Plesiotoma 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
Parent taxon: Pelecotominae according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Burmitoma, Clinops, Flabellotoma, Spinotoma
Subtaxa: Plesiotoma alissae
Type: Plesiotoma alissae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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