†Kekveus jason 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
Belongs to Kekveus according to S. Yamamoto et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Kekveus brevisulcatus
Type specimen: FMNHINS-3741459, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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