Xyletinus (Xyletinus) thienemanni Alekseev and Bukejs 2019 (spider beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2019. Xyletinus (s. str.) thienemanni sp. nov., a new species of Xyletininae (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 19:31-35

Belongs to Xyletinus (Xyletinus) according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2019

Sister taxa: Xyletinus (Xyletinus) arturi, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) barsevskisi, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) besseli, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) lobanovi, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) michalskii

Type specimen: CFE 779, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Eichmann collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Eichmann collection)

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