Bezesporum burmiticum Fikáček et al. 2022 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Sphaeriusidae

Full reference: M. Fikáček, S. Yamamoto, K. Matsumoto, R. G. Beutel, and D. R. Maddison. 2022. Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present-day diversity. Systematic Entomology 48:233-249

Belongs to Bezesporum according to M. Fikáček et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNHINS-3966033, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll)

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