Primaevomordellida Bao et al. 2018 (tumbling flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Full reference: T. Bao, K. S. WalczyƄska, S. Moody, B. Wang, and J. Rust. 2018. The first true Mordellidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from lower Cenomanian amber of Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 93:60-65

Parent taxon: Mordellini according to J. Batelka et al. 2025

See also Bao et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Baltimorda, Mordella, Succimorda, Tomoxia

Subtaxa: Primaevomordellida burmitina

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Type: Primaevomordellida burmitina

Ecology:

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

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