Scaporetes Zhao et al. 2023 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae

Full reference: Q. Zhao, D. Y. Huang, and C. Y. Cai. 2023. A new genus of short-winged flower beetles with an enlarged antennal scape in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Kateretidae). Diversity 15(19)

Parent taxon: Kateretidae according to Q. Zhao et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Amartus, Antirhelinae, Brachypterolus, Cercus, Cretaretes, Electrumeretes, Eoceniretes, Furcalabratum, Heterhelus, Kateretes, Lebanoretes, Pelretes, Polliniretes, Protokateretes

Subtaxa: Scaporetes rectus

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Type: Scaporetes rectus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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