Microzavaljus saxonicum Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018 (pleasing fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae

Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2018. Microzavaljus, a second extinct genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Bitterfeld Amber. Russian Entomological Journal 27:271-276

Belongs to Microzavaljus according to O. Keller and P. E. Skelley 2019

See also Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Hoffeins 1223-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection)

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