†Rutrizoma donoghuei Li and Cai 2025 (bark gnawing beetle)
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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)
Belongs to Rutrizoma according to Y. Li and C. Cai 2025
Sister taxon: Rutrizoma pisanii
Type specimen: NIGP 166143, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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