Stenaspidiotus microptilus
Stenaspidiotus micropterus is an extinct species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae and the only named species within the genus Stenaspidiotus. The holotype was first published in a 2013 article by George Poinar Jr..[1]
Discovery
The type specimen was located in a fragment of amber from the Cordillera Septentrional in the Dominican Republic. The amber dates from somwhere between 15–20 to 30–45 million years ago.[1]
Description
The adult beetle preserved in amber is 10.2 mm in length with a metallic brown-black colouration.
References
- Poinar Jr., G. (2013). "Stenaspidiotus microptilus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Dominican amber, with evidence of tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) oviposition". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 25 (1): 101–105. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.710443.
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