†Acritus (Acritus) sutirca Alekseev and Bukejs 2021 (clown beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2021. The first extinct species of Acritus LeConte, 1853 (Histeridae: Abraeinae) from Eocene Baltic amber: a microscopic beetle inclusion studied with X-ray micro-computed tomography. Fossil Record 24:223-231
Belongs to Acritus (Acritus) according to V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAIG 5541, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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