Stenaspidiotus

Stenaspidiotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: †Stenaspidiotus
Poinar, 2013
Species:
†S. microptilus
Binomial name
†Stenaspidiotus microptilus
Poinar, 2013

Stenaspidiotus is an extinct genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It contains a single species, Stenaspidiotus microptilus. It was erected in 2013 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 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

Wikispecies has information related to Stenaspidiotus.
  1. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2013HBio...25..101P. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.710443. S2CID 86500106.


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