†Dermestes lawrencei Ślipiński et al. 2025 (skin beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Full reference: A. Ślipiński, D. Ren, and Y. Zhou. 2025. Cretaceous fossils of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) and their phylogenetic placement. Annales Zoologici 75:153-166
Belongs to Dermestes according to A. Ślipiński et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Dermestes (Dermestes), Dermestes laniarius, Dermestes maculatus, Dermestes pauper, Dermestes pisorum, Dermestes tertiarius
Type specimen: CNU-COL-MA- 0452, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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