Attagenus (Aethriostoma) gedanicissimus Bukejs et al. 2020 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Full reference: A. Bukejs, J. Háva, and V. I. Alekseev. 2020. A new fossil species of Attagenus Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in Rovno and Baltic ambers, with a brief review of known fossil beetles from the Rovno amber Lagerstätte. Fossil Record 23:95-104

Belongs to Attagenus (Aethriostoma) according to A. Bukejs et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Attagenus (Aethriostoma) turonianensis

Type specimen: MAIG 6278, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber (MAIG collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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