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Boleopsis

Boleopsis is an extinct genus of beetles from the Eocene aged Oise amber of France; it contains a single described species, Boleopsis polinae, and is the only member of the family Boleopsidae.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Boleopsidae
Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2013
Genus: Boleopsis
Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2013
Species:
B. polinae
Binomial name
Boleopsis polinae
Kirejtshuk & Nel, 20131

Boleopsis is an extinct genus of beetles from the Eocene aged Oise amber of France; it contains a single described species, Boleopsis polinae, and is the only member of the family Boleopsidae.

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  1. Kirejtshuk, A. G. & Nel, A. (2013). "Current knowledge of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 44 (2): 175–201. doi:10.1163/1876312X-04402007
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