Plesiotoma Batelka et al. 2018 (wedge shaped beetle)

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

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Type: Plesiotoma alissae

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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