Jiricateres ukrainicus Tshernyshev et al. 2025 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lophocateridae

Full reference: S. E. Tshernyshev, V. Alekseev, A. Bukejs, D. V. Vasilenko, A. A. Legalov and E. E. Perkovsky. 2025. Jiricateres - new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 5715:476-488

Belongs to Jiricateres according to S. E. Tshernyshev et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Jiricateres alleni, Jiricateres damzeni, Jiricateres storozhenkoi

Type specimen: SIZK L-589, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK L collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK L collection)

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