The ̒first fossil tumbling flower beetle’ larva is a symphytan (Hymenoptera)
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A correction is provided regarding the identity of a fossil larva recently reported to represent first Cretaceous record its kind for tenebrionoid family Mordellidae (Coleoptera, tumbling flower beetles). review description specimen, however, reveals it be larval symphytan (order Hymenoptera), and likely Pamphiliidae. The evidence revised identification summarized.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1804-6487', '0374-1036']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.005