Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: Y. Li, D. Huang, and C. Cai. 2025. Crassiungula gen. nov., an enigmatic genus of scarabaeoids from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Annales Zoologici 75:43-51

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026

See also Li et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Crassiungula lawrencei

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Type: Crassiungula lawrencei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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