†Omineus febribilis Alekseev et al. 2019 (palm and flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Mycteridae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev, D. A. Pollock, and A. Bukejs. 2019. Two new fossil representatives of Eurypinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mycteridae) from Eocene Baltic amber and placement of Neopolypria nigra Abdullah, 1964. Zootaxa 4551:67-78
Belongs to Omineus according to V. I. Alekseev et al. 2020
See also Alekseev et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AWI-142, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Alekseev coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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