Burmalestes jingruoyaae Li and Cai 2023 (handsome fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae

Full reference: Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai. 2023. Taxonomic names, in A new species of Burmalestes Tomaszewska & Ślipiński from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Endomychidae). Zootaxa 5396:105-111

Belongs to Burmalestes according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2023

Sister taxon: Burmalestes albertalleni

Type specimen: NIGP203386, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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