†Cretanapleus Simon Pražák and Lackner 2023 (clown beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: J. Simon Pražák and T. Lackner. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Under the Cretaceous bark: Fossil evidence for the ancient origin of subcortical lifestyle of clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 81:439-453
Parent taxon: Anapleini according to J. Simon Pražák and T. Lackner 2023
Sister taxon: Anapleus
Subtaxa: Cretanapleus seideli
Type: Cretanapleus seideli
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Museum of Eastern Bohemia collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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