†Melanosiagon serraticornis Batelka and Prokop 2021 (wedge shaped beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Full reference: J. Batelka and J. Prokop. 2021. The earliest beetle with mouthparts specialized for feeding on nectar is a parasitoid of mid‑Cretaceous Hymenoptera. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21(207)
Belongs to Melanosiagon according to J. Batelka and J. Prokop 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PřFUK056, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Charles University PrFUK collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Charles University PrFUK collection)
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