†Smicrips fudalai Kupryjanowicz et al. 2019 (palmetto beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Smicripidae
Full reference: J. Kupryjanowicz, G. Y. Lyubarsky, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. A new species of the family Smicripidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 53:165-171
Belongs to Smicrips according to J. Kupryjanowicz et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Smicrips europeus, Smicrips gorskii
Type specimen: UCP UwB 285, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber (UCP coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno amber (UCP coll)
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