†Phasmister parallelus Caterino and Yamamoto 2023 (clown beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: M. S. Caterino and S. Yamamoto. 2023. New onthophiline fossil species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77:432-438
Belongs to Phasmister according to M. S. Caterino and S. Yamamoto 2023
Sister taxa: Phasmister cristatus, Phasmister hkamticus, Phasmister kraliceki, Phasmister planatus
Type specimen: SEHU-0000121203, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection)
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