†Protodasytes cretaceus Tihelka et al. 2021 (soft-winged flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae
Full reference: E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang, V. Perrichot and C. Y. Cai. 2021. A previously missing link in the evolution of dasytine soft-winged flower beetles from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera, Melyridae). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1753-1764
Belongs to Protodasytes according to E. Tihelka et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGR.FRS-7.2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese Amber, Fouras, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Charentese Amber, Fouras
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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