Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Alternative combination: Palaeopeplus cascus

Full reference: G. S. Powell and A. R. Cline. 2021. The first Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) described from amber. Annales Zoologici 71:21-26

Belongs to Brachypeplus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. V. Kovalev 2022

See also Powell and Cline 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca mine (AMNH coll)

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