Burmalachius Tshernyshev and Legalov 2023 (soft-winged flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae

Full reference: S. E. Tshernyshev and A. A. Legalov. 2023. First record of the family Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from mid- Cretaceous Burmese amber with a description of Burmalachius acroantennatus gen. et spec. nov. Life 13(1938)

Parent taxon: Malachiini according to S. E. Tshernyshev and A. A. Legalov 2023

Sister taxa: Attalus, Collops, Malachiina, Malachius, Premalachius

Subtaxa: Burmalachius acroantennatus

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Type: Burmalachius acroantennatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (ISEA Novosibirsk coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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