Spaniophagus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019 (silken fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Full reference: G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. Spaniophagus, first new Eocene genus of silken fungus beetle from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Clavicornia: Cryptophagidae). Russian Entomological Journal 28:263-268

Parent taxon: Cryptophagini according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2019

Sister taxa: Albocryptophagus, Antherophagus, Cryptophagus, Ennoticus, Henoticus, Micrambe, Microticus, Pteryngium, Telmatophilus, Turgaphagites

Subtaxa: Spaniophagus hoffeinsae

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Type: Spaniophagus hoffeinsae

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

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