†Chaetastus samsockorum Legalov and Pankowski 2023 (ambrosia beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: A. A. Legalov and M. G. Pankowski. 2023. Two new species of the tribe Tesserocerini (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber. Paleontological Journal 57:805-812
Belongs to Chaetastus according to A. A. Legalov and M. G. Pankowski 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ISEZh EA2019/2b, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (ISEZh collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ethiopian amber (ISEZh collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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