†Elodophthalmus maksoudae Cai et al. 2024 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elodophthalmidae
Full reference: C. Cai, Q. Zhao, and D. Azar. 2024. A new species of Elodophthalmus from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber unravels the systematic placement of Elodophthalmidae and reconciling phylogenetic conflicts within Tenebrionoidea. Zootaxa 5562:65-75
Belongs to Elodophthalmus according to C. Cai et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Elodophthalmus gracilis, Elodophthalmus harmonicus
Type specimen: Azar 1821, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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