†Phasmister cristatus Caterino 2021 (clown beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: M. S. Caterino. 2021. New fossil histerid species from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75:211-221
Belongs to Phasmister according to M. S. Caterino 2021
Sister taxa: Phasmister hkamticus, Phasmister kraliceki, Phasmister parallelus, Phasmister planatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Caterino MSCC coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Caterino MSCC coll)
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