Protokateretes antiquus Peris and Jelínek 2019 (beetle)

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

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