Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Full reference: A. Bukejs, V. I. Alekseev, and J. Háva. 2021. A new species of Xyletinus Latreille, 1809 (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Xyletininae) from Eocene Baltic amber, with a key to known fossil species. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 17:179-184

Belongs to Xyletinus (Xyletinus) according to A. Bukejs et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Xyletinus (Xyletinus) arturi, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) barsevskisi, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) besseli, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) michalskii, Xyletinus (Xyletinus) thienemanni

Type specimen: MAIG 6711, 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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