Europs groehni Bukejs and Alekseev 2023 (root eating beetle)

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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