Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae

Alternative combination: Raractocetus sverlilo

Full reference: V. Y. Nazarenko, E. E. Perkovsky, and S. Yamamoto. 2022. Taxonomic names, in First fossil species of ship-timber beetles (Coleoptera, Lymexylidae) from Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Fossil Record 25:65-74

Belongs to Cretoquadratus according to Y. D. Li et al. 2022

See also Nazarenko et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Cretoquadratus balticus, Cretoquadratus extinctus, Cretoquadratus fossilis

Type specimen: SIZK L-814, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK L collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK L collection)

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