†Spaniophagus hoffeinsae Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2019 (silken fungus beetle)
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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
Belongs to Spaniophagus according to G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCHH 824-4, 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: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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