Rhyzobius sontagae Szawaryn and Tomaszewska 2020 (ladybird beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

Full reference: K. Szawaryn and W. Tomaszewska. 2020. New and known extinct species of Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 shed light on the phylogeny and biogeography of the genus and the tribe Coccidulini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18:1445-1461

Belongs to Rhyzobius according to K. Szawaryn and W. Tomaszewska 2020

Sister taxa: Rhyzobius antiquus, Rhyzobius gratiosus, Rhyzobius groehni, Rhyzobius szwedo

Type specimen: MAIG 2047, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)

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