Kekveus Yamamoto et al. 2018 (feather-winged beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto, V. V. Grebennikov, and Y. Takahashi. 2018. Kekveus jason gen. et sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber, the first extinct genus and the oldest named featherwing beetle (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Discheramocephalini). Cretaceous Research 90:412-418

Parent taxon: Discheramocephalini according to Y. D. Li et al. 2023

See also Yamamoto et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Kekveus brevisulcatus Kekveus jason

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Type: Kekveus jason

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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