Baltimorda succinea Bao et al. 2018 (tumbling flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Tomoxia succinea

Full reference: T. Bao, K. S. WalczyƄska, B. Bojarski, E. Jarzembowski, B. Wang and J. Rust. 2018. A new species of tumbling fower beetle (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Baltic amber. PalZ 93:31-36

Belongs to Baltimorda according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Bao et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Baltimorda friedrichi, Baltimorda scheelei

Type specimen: MAI 5715, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)

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