Excavotarsus minor Li et al. 2020 (Variegated mud-loving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Heteroceridae

Full reference: Y. D. Li, E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang and C. Y. Cai. 2020. Specialized variegated mud-loving beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Palaeoentomology 3:59-67

Belongs to Excavotarsus according to Y. D. Li et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Excavotarsus lini

Type specimen: NIGP171739, 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)

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