Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae
Alternative combination: Eoceniretes antiquus
Full reference: D. Peris and J. Jelínek. 2019. Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar). Cretaceous Research 106(104264)
Belongs to Protokateretes according to Q. Zhao et al. 2023
See also Peris and Jelínek 2019
Sister taxa: Protokateretes magnascapulae, Protokateretes megacephalus, Protokateretes rectangulum
Type specimen: MGB 87961-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (MGB coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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