†Melanosiagon Batelka and Prokop 2021 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: J. Batelka and J. Prokop. 2021. The earliest beetle with mouthparts specialized for feeding on nectar is a parasitoid of mid‑Cretaceous Hymenoptera. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21(207)
Parent taxon: Macrosiagonini according to J. Batelka and J. Prokop 2021
Sister taxa: Macrosiagon, Metoecus
Subtaxa: Melanosiagon serraticornis
Type: Melanosiagon serraticornis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Charles University PrFUK collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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