†Europs groehni Bukejs and Alekseev 2023 (root eating beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev. 2023. A new extinct species of Europs Wollaston (Coleoptera: Monotomidae) from Eocene Baltic amber and additions to the diagnosis of E. insterburgensis Alekseev, 2014. Historical Biology 36:2309-2315
Belongs to Europs according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2023
Sister taxa: Europs insterburgensis, Europs makarovi
Type specimen: GPIH 5091, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
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