†Protostomopsis pandema Bukejs et al. 2021 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerylonidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs, A. Ślipiński, and V. I. Alekseev. 2021. Taxonomic names, in First fossil representative of Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) described using X-ray micro-computed tomography, from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5032:225-236
Belongs to Protostomopsis according to A. Bukejs et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ISEA MP/4233, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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