Vetuprostomis angularis Li and Cai 2022 (jugular-horned beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Prostomidae

Full reference: Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai. 2022. Taxonomic names, in New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae). Zootaxa 5125:563-574

Belongs to Vetuprostomis according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2022

Sister taxa: Vetuprostomis consimilis, Vetuprostomis gaoi

Type specimen: NIGP177907, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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