Cretolenax diabolus Tihelka et al. 2019 (root eating beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae

Full reference: E. Tihelka, Z. H. Liu, T. C. McElrath and S. Yamamoto. 2019. Taxonomic names, in New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 107(104255)

Belongs to Cretolenax according to E. Tihelka et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Cretolenax carinatus

Type specimen: BRSMG CE9818-07, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (BRSMG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (BRSMG collection)

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