Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Full reference: J. Batelka, D. Tröger, and B. L. Bock. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71:111-176

Belongs to Baltistena according to J. Batelka et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Baltistena amplicollis, Baltistena antiqua, Baltistena atronigra, Baltistena aurata, Baltistena brevispina, Baltistena concava, Baltistena goeckei, Baltistena hoffeinsorum, Baltistena korschefskyi, Baltistena longistrigata, Baltistena sergeli, Baltistena soror, Baltistena ultima

Type specimen: PMJ Pa 5870, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Phyletisches Museum Jena PMJ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Phyletisches Museum Jena PMJ collection)

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