Cycadophila mumia Alekseev and Bukejs 2017 (pleasing fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2017. First fossil representatives of Pharaxonothinae Crowson (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): indirect evidence for cycads existence in Baltic amber forest. Zootaxa 4337:413-422

Belongs to Cycadophila according to O. Keller and P. E. Skelley 2019

See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCHH 280-4, 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:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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