Pelretes Tihelka et al. 2021 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae

Full reference: E. Tihelka, L. Q. Li, Y. Z. Fu, Y. T. Su, D. Y. Huang and C. Y. Cai. 2021. Angiosperm pollinivory in a Cretaceous beetle. Nature Plants 7:445-451

Parent taxon: Kateretidae according to Q. Zhao et al. 2022

See also Tihelka et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Amartus, Antirhelinae, Brachypterolus, Cercus, Cretaretes, Electrumeretes, Eoceniretes, Furcalabratum, Heterhelus, Kateretes, Lebanoretes, Polliniretes, Protokateretes, Scaporetes

Subtaxa: Pelretes bicolor Pelretes vivificus

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Type: Pelretes vivificus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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