Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Full reference: A. Bukejs, V. I. Alekseev, and R. C. McKellar. 2019. Taxonomic names, in A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener. Zootaxa 4550:565-572
Belongs to Pycnomerus according to A. Bukejs et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Pycnomerus mahanatoa, Pycnomerus prebblei, Pycnomerus rairua, Pycnomerus raivavae, Pycnomerus rimatara, Pycnomerus simukovi, Pycnomerus taralewisae, Pycnomerus terebrans, Pycnomerus vavitu
Type specimen: CCHH 273-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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