†Cretolestes niger Tomaszewska et al. 2018 (handsome fungus beetle)
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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
Belongs to Cretolestes according to W. Tomaszewska et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU008071, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll)
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