Ripilarva parabolica Batelka and Beutel 2024 (wedge shaped beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Full reference: J. Batelka and R. G. Beutel. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Relationships of Cretaceous Ripiphoridae (Coleoptera) based on larval morphology, with evidence for the same reproduction timing and chosen microhabitat for oviposition. Contributions to Entomology 74:113-130

Belongs to Ripilarva according to J. Batelka and R. G. Beutel 2024

Sister taxon: Ripilarva kachinensis

Type specimen: EMTG BU-001009, a nymph (larva). Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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