Pterolophosoma is an extinct genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, containing a single known species, Pterolophosoma otiliae. It was described by Vitali in 2006 who found it in a Dominican amber dating to Early Miocene.[1]
Pterolophosoma Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Genus: | †Pterolophosoma
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Species: | †P. otiliae
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†Pterolophosoma otiliae Vitali, 2006
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References edit
- ^ Francesco Vitali. A new cerambycid from Dominican amber and remarks on the fossil Plectromerus-species (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Vol. 1. pp. 1–12. ISBN 88-87400-01-6.