†Ataenius damzeni Bukejs and Alekseev 2018 (scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev. 2018. A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Zootaxa 4442:153-160
Belongs to Ataenius according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2018
Sister taxa: Ataenius europaeus, Ataenius patescens, Ataenius restructus
Type specimen: MAIG 5953-01, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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