Dignoptinus Alekseev et al. 2019 (spider beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev, A. Bukejs, and X. Bellés. 2019. Dignoptinus, a new genus for fossil Dignomus regiomontanus Alekseev from Eocene Baltic amber, and new status for Bruchoptinus Reitter and Pseudoptinus Reitter (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Fossil Record 22:65-72

Parent taxon: Ptinini according to V. I. Alekseev et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Dignomus, Epauloecus, Niptus, Oviedinus, Ptinus, Sucinoptinus

Subtaxa: Dignoptinus regiomontanus

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Type: Dignomus regiomontanus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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