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Trihelota, a new and unusual helotid beetle genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Helotidae)

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  • 1. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life
  • 3. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS & State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life

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Tihelka, Erik, Huang, Diying, Cai, Chenyang (2020): Trihelota, a new and unusual helotid beetle genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Helotidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2): 509-516, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.033, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.033

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