Kirejtomma

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Kirejtomma
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Kirejtomma zengi holotype.png
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Kirejtomma
Li & Cai, 2021
Species:
K. zhengi
Binomial name
Kirejtomma zhengi
(Kirejtshuk , 2020)
Synonyms[1]

Kirejtomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle, known from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. The type and only known species K. zhengi was described in 2020 as a species of Clessidromma,[2] and placed into the new genus in 2021.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Li, Yan-Da; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-10-27). "Revisiting the morphology of the Cretaceous ommatid beetle Clessidromma palmeri (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e20216195. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.95. ISSN 1807-0205. S2CID 240196850.
  2. ^ Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences. 10 (2): 73. Bibcode:2020Geosc..10...73K. doi:10.3390/geosciences10020073. ISSN 2076-3263.
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