†Prototrichalus Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020 (false fire-colored beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ischaliidae
Full reference: F. Molina-Olmedo, V. S. Ferreira, M. A. Branham and M. A. Ivie. 2020. The description of Prototrichalus gen. nov. and three new species from Burmese amber supports a mid-Cretaceous origin of the Metriorrhynchini (Coleoptera, Lycidae). Cretaceous Research 111(104452)
Parent taxon: Ischaliidae according to D. Telnov and R. Kundrata 2023
See also Bocak et al. 2022, Kazantsev 2020 and Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Ischalia
Subtaxa: Prototrichalus jingpo Prototrichalus meiyingae Prototrichalus milleri Prototrichalus sepronai
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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