†Eocenocolaspis aurichalceus Bukejs et al. 2022 (leaf beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs, A. G. Moseyko, and V. I. Alekseev. 2022. Eocenocolaspis gen. nov., a new genus of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber preserving metallic sheen from the Eocene epoch. Historical Biology 35:1771-1777
Belongs to Eocenocolaspis according to A. Bukejs et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAIG 6813, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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