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First adult of false flower beetle (Coleoptera: Scraptiidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, with taxonomical notes and a checklist of fossil representatives of the family
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- 1. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevskii str. 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
- 2. Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection, Rýznerova str. 37/37, Únětice u Prahy, Prague-west, CZ-25262, Czech Republic
- 3. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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Alekseev, Vitalii, Háva, Jiří, Bukejs, Andris (2025): First adult of false flower beetle (Coleoptera: Scraptiidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, with taxonomical notes and a checklist of fossil representatives of the family. Zootaxa 5723 (4): 533-549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.4
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