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)

Parent taxon: Histeridae according to J. Simon-Pražák et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Abraeinae, Amplectister, Antigracilinae, Chaetabraeus, Chlamydopsinae, Dendrophilinae, Haeteriinae, Hetaeriinae, Histerinae, Miculissima, Niponiinae, Onthophilinae, Plegaderus, Prodigister, Saprininae, Tribalinae, Trypanaeinae, Trypeticinae

Subtaxa: Placatister cascus

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Type: Placatister cascus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Museum of Eastern Bohemia collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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