Scaporetes rectus 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)

Belongs to Scaporetes according to Q. Zhao et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP200944, 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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