†Petalium widewuto Alekseev and Bukejs 2021 (spider beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Full reference: V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2021. Two fossil species of Petaliini White (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Dorcatominae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21:11-18
Belongs to Petalium according to J. Háva and P. Zahradník 2022
See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
Sister taxon: Petalium bruteno
Type specimen: MAIG 6783, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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