Cretolestes Tomaszewska et al. 2018 (handsome fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae

Full reference: W. Tomaszewska, A. Ślipiński, and D. Ren. 2018. Taxonomic names, in The oldest representatives of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 91:287-298

Parent taxon: Leiestinae according to W. Tomaszewska et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Burmalestes, Glesirhanis, Leiestes, Palaeoestes, Phymaphoroides, Trycherus

Subtaxa: Cretolestes niger

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Type: Cretolestes niger

Ecology:

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

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