Ectobius danekrae Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2024 (croton bug)

Insecta - Blattaria - Ectobiidae

Full reference: L. N. Anisyutkin and E. E. Perkovsky. 2024. Taxonomic names, in A new amber representative of the genus Ectobius Stephens, 1835 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) from Storebælt (Denmark). Zootaxa 5397:342-350

Belongs to Ectobius according to L. N. Anisyutkin and E. E. Perkovsky 2024

Sister taxa: Ectobius balticus, Ectobius glabellus, Ectobius inclusus, Ectobius kohlsi

Type specimen: NHMD-624757, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Musholm Bugt, Storebælt (ZMUC/NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Musholm Bugt, Storebælt (ZMUC/NHMD Collection)

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