†Kekveus Yamamoto et al. 2018 (feather-winged beetle)
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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
Type: Kekveus jason
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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