Rutrizoma Li and Cai 2025 (bark gnawing beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Full reference: Y. Li and C. Cai. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Specialized bark-gnawing beetles reveal phragmotic defence and subcortical ecology in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292(20251004)

Parent taxon: Trogossitinae according to Y. Li and C. Cai 2025

Sister taxa: Gymnocheilis, Lithostomatini, Seidlitzella, Temnoscheila, Tenebroides, Trogossitini

Subtaxa: Rutrizoma donoghuei Rutrizoma pisanii

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Type: Rutrizoma donoghuei

Ecology:

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

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