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]
Kirejtomma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ommatidae |
Genus: | †Kirejtomma Li & Cai, 2021 |
Species: | †K. zhengi
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Binomial name | |
†Kirejtomma zhengi (Kirejtshuk , 2020)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.