Poinarinius vetus Wang et al. 2024 (false powderpost beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae

Full reference: H. Wang, Y. Peng, and S. Wang. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Two new species of the extinct subfamily Alitrepaninae (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 167(106051)

Belongs to Poinarinius according to J. Háva and P. Zahradník 2025

See also Wang et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Poinarinius aladelicatus, Poinarinius antonkozlovi, Poinarinius aristovi, Poinarinius borowskii, Poinarinius burmaensis, Poinarinius connexus, Poinarinius coziki, Poinarinius cretaceus, Poinarinius decimus, Poinarinius kachinus, Poinarinius lesnei, Poinarinius perkovskyi, Poinarinius zahradniki, Poinarinius zhubajie

Type specimen: QUST-SHUO-23001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (QUST collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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