†Burmitoma 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: Clinops, Flabellotoma, Plesiotoma, Spinotoma
Subtaxa: Burmitoma nalae
Type: Burmitoma nalae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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