Cretodineutus Liang et al. 2020 (whirligig beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Full reference: Z. L. Liang, Z. H. Qi, J. H. Chen and F. L. Jia. 2020. Cretodineutus rotundus gen. et sp. nov., the oldest adult whirligig beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae). Cretaceous Research 106(104251)

Parent taxon: Dineutini according to Z. L. Liang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Dineutina, Mesogyrus, Cretotortor, Cretogyrus, Miodineutes, Angarogyrus, Dineutus, Mesodineutes, Baissogyrus

Subtaxa: Cretodineutus rotundus

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Type: Cretodineutus rotundus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SYSU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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