Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2018. First species of Atomaria (Coleoptera: Clavicornia: Cryptophagidae) from Bitterfeld amber and several notes on Miocene and Cretaceous Cryptophagidae. Russian Entomological Journal 27:381-385
Belongs to Atomaria (Anchicera) according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2018
Sister taxa: Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi, Atomaria (Anchicera) gedanicola, Atomaria (Anchicera) groehni, Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi, Atomaria (Anchicera) propinqua
Type specimen: CCHH 1223-4, 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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