†Cretoathous serratus Zhao et al. 2025 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: W. Zhao, A. Ślipiński, and Y. Wang. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Cretoathous gen. nov., a new click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Annales Zoologici 75:455-474
Belongs to Cretoathous according to W. Zhao et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU-COL-MA-2016004, 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)
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