Genus Boleopsis Kirejtshuk et Nel, 2013 (Boleopsidae)
(type species: Boleopsis polinae Kirejtshuk et Nel, 2013)
This genus currently includes only one described species of the family.
Composition:
type species (Lower Eocene )
August 2013
On the photo holotype (length of body 2.6 mm) from collection by National Natural History Museum, Paris
(Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris):
"PA 1389" (~53 million years).
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Literature:
(Look also at the page Systematic list of fossil beetles of Scarabaeina (Part 3))
Kirejtshuk A.G. & Nel A. 2013. Current knowledge of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 44: 175-201.