Stenaspidiotus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
Genus: | †
Stenaspidiotus Poinar, 2013 |
Species: | †S. microptilus
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Binomial name | |
†Stenaspidiotus microptilus
Poinar, 2013
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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]
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]
The adult beetle preserved in amber is 10.2 mm in length with a metallic brown-black colouration.