| Bukhkalius Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ommatidae |
| Genus: | †Bukhkalius Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski 2020 |
| Species: | †B. lindae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bukhkalius lindae (Jarzembowski et al. 2017) | |
Bukhkalius is an extinct genus of beetle belonging to the family Ommatidae, it contains the single species, Bukhkalius lindae. It was described in 2017 initially as a species of the extant genus Tetraphalerus and was placed into a separate monotypic genus in 2020, which was reaffirmed in a 2021 study. It is known from a single specimen (NIGP 166152) from Burmese amber, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The specimen is around 4.7 mm long and around 1.3 mm wide.
References
- Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (October 2017). "Another amber first: A tiny tetraphalerin beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) in Myanmar birmite". Cretaceous Research. 78: 84–88. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.023.
- A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73
- Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021). "Revisiting the morphology and systematic placement of the enigmatic Cretaceous ommatid beetle Bukhkalius lindae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e20216128. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.28. ISSN 0031-1049.
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