Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Full reference: J. Simon-Pražák, S. Yamamoto, T. Lackner, M. Fikáček, J. Prokop and M. S. Caterino. 2024. A bonanza of Cretaceous fossils provides insights into the evolution of antennal protection in clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(zlae137)
Belongs to Phasmister according to J. Simon-Pražák et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Phasmister cristatus, Phasmister hkamticus, Phasmister kraliceki, Phasmister parallelus
Type specimen: HUM SEHU-0000121216, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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