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Tetratoma nikitskyi

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Extinct species of beetle

Tetratoma nikitskyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tetratomidae
Genus: Tetratoma
Species: T. nikitskyi
Binomial name
Tetratoma nikitskyi
Alekseev, 2013

Tetratoma nikitskyi is a species of polypore fungus beetle found within the family Tetratomidae. Identified by Vitaly I. Alekseev, this species is the first of the Tetratomidae family to be located within the Baltic amber.

References

  1. Alekseev, Vitaly I. (2013). "The first species of the family Tetratomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 13 (2): 131–135. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31.


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