Poinarinius zhubajie Lin et al. 2026 (false powderpost beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae

Full reference: W. Lin, L. Meng, Y. Zhang and M. Xu. 2026. Two new species of Poinarinius Legalov in Cretaceous ambers from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). The Indochina Entomologist 2:211-219

Belongs to Poinarinius according to W. Lin et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Poinarinius aladelicatus, Poinarinius antonkozlovi, Poinarinius aristovi, Poinarinius borowskii, Poinarinius burmaensis, Poinarinius connexus, Poinarinius coziki, Poinarinius cretaceus, Poinarinius decimus, Poinarinius kachinus, Poinarinius lesnei, Poinarinius perkovskyi, Poinarinius vetus, Poinarinius zahradniki

Type specimen: LWHP202502, an exoskeleton (body). Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Wei Lin LW collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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