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Alloterocucus

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Alloterocucus
Temporal range: 99 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Genus: Alloterocucus
Li et al., 2022
Species:
A. atratus
Binomial name
Alloterocucus atratus
Li et al., 2022

Alloterocucus is an extinct genus of beetle. It is known from a single species, Alloterocucus atratus, known from the mid Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar. It belongs to the clade Cucujiformia, probably Cucujoidea, and is not assigned to any family. Cladistic analysis suggests that it is closely related to Cyclaxyridae (sooty mold beetles), Tasmosalpingidae, and Lamingtoniidae, and is possibly most closely related to Lamingtoniidae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2022). "An enigmatic beetle with affinity to Lamingtoniidae in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.972343. ISSN 2296-701X.