†Cretogyrus beuteli Zhao et al. 2019 (whirligig beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Full reference: X. D. Zhao, X. Y. Zhao, E. A. Jarzembowski and B. Wang. 2019. The first whirligig beetle larva from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Gyrinidae). Cretaceous Research 99:41-45
Belongs to Cretogyrus according to G. T. Gustafson et al. 2020
See also Zhao et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP169637, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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