†Dignoptinus Alekseev et al. 2019 (spider beetle)
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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
Type: Dignomus regiomontanus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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