Vetatractocerus Yamamoto 2019 (ship-timber beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2019. Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles. Scientific Reports 9(4938):1-10

Parent taxon: Atractocerinae according to S. Yamamoto 2019

Sister taxa: Atractocerus, Cratoatractocerus, Cretoquadratus, Paratractocerus, Raractocetus

Subtaxa: Vetatractocerus burmiticus

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Type: Vetatractocerus burmiticus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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