Poinarinius kachinus 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 coziki, Poinarinius cretaceus, Poinarinius decimus, Poinarinius lesnei, Poinarinius perkovskyi, Poinarinius vetus, Poinarinius zahradniki

Type specimen: QUST-SHUO-23002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (QUST collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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