Biphyllus lar Alekseev et al. 2023 (false skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Biphyllidae

Full reference: V. Alekseev, A. Bukejs, and F. Vitali. 2023. New data on Biphyllidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Cleroidea) from Baltic amber: more diverse assemblage than previously assumed and its climatic interpretation. Historical Biology 36:2520-2529

Belongs to Biphyllus according to V. Alekseev et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KAM 5726/41, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kaliningrad Amber Museum collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Kaliningrad Amber Museum collection)

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