†Helioctamenus groehni Alekseev and Bukejs 2024 (ironclad beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Full reference: V. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2024. Taxonomic names, in A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene 'amber forests'. Zootaxa 5536:201-247
Belongs to Helioctamenus according to V. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPIH 5209, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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