Fantosmium Li et al. 2025 (clown beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Full reference: Y. Li, D. Huang, and C. Cai. 2025. Fantosmium, a new genus of Onthophilinae from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Ecology and Evolution 15(e71849)

Parent taxon: Onthophilinae according to Y. Li et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Carinumerus, Cretonthophilus, Onthophilus, Phasmister

Subtaxa: Fantosmium qizhihaoi

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Type: Fantosmium qizhihaoi

Ecology:

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

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