Elektrocateres rappsilberi Kolibáč 2025 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lophocateridae

Full reference: J. Kolibáč. 2025. A morphological observation on the Cenozoic beetle Elektrocateres rappsilberi gen. et sp. nov. (Lophocateridae) using digital microscopy and synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Historical Biology 37:1117-1124

Belongs to Elektrocateres according to J. Kolibáč 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Goitzsche Bernstein GmbH T-I-K 149, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Rappsilber Goitzsche Bernstein GmbH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Rappsilber Goitzsche Bernstein GmbH collection)

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