†Bifurderum donoghuei Cheng et al. 2020 (ironclad beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Full reference: G. M. Cheng, E. Tihelka, H. Shi, L. Tian, D. Y. Huang and C. Y. Cai. 2020. Specialised subcortical cylindrical bark beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae). Historical Biology 33:2584-2590
Belongs to Bifurderum according to G. M. Cheng et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Bifurderum minutum
Type specimen: NIGP173315, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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