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Electromethes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Omethidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Electromethes is an extinct genus of beetle closely resembling members of the family Omethidae. It existed in what is now Lithuania during the Eocene epoch. It was described by Sergey V. Kazantsev in 2012, and contains the species Electromethes alleni, which was found within Baltic amber.

References

Electromethes Wikipedia