Kirejtomma Explained

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,[1] and placed into the new genus in 2021.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kirejtshuk. Alexander G.. 2020-02-17. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences. 10. 2. 73. 10.3390/geosciences10020073. 2020Geosc..10...73K. 2076-3263. free.
  2. 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. 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.95. 240196850. 1807-0205. free.

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