Stenaspidiotus is an extinct genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It contains a single species, Stenaspidiotus microptilus. It was erected in 2013 by George Poinar Jr.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | †Stenaspidiotus Poinar, 2013 |
| Species: | †S. microptilus
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| †Stenaspidiotus microptilus Poinar, 2013
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Discovery edit
The type specimen was located in a fragment of amber from the Cordillera Septentrional in the Dominican Republic. The amber dates from between 15–20 to 30–45 million years ago.[1]
Description edit
The adult beetle preserved in amber is 10.2 mm in length with a metallic brown-black colouration.
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Stenaspidiotus.
- ^ a b Poinar Jr., G. (2013). "Stenaspidiotus microptilus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Dominican amber, with evidence of tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) oviposition". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 25 (1): 101–105. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.710443. S2CID 86500106.
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