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Kirejtomma
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Kirejtomma
Li & Cai, 2021
Species:
K. zhengi
Binomial name
Kirejtomma zhengi
(Kirejtshuk , 2020)
Synonyms [1]

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.