Cretoloricera

Cretoloricera is a genus of ground beetles (Carabidae) that lived during the Middle Cretaceous period. The genus currently only has one known species which is Cretoloricera electra, found in Kachin amber, dated to the mid-Cretaceous. The genus morphology has a strong and robust maxilla and a highly modified galea. It had a nasal with prominent teeth and lack lacinia.^[2]

Cretoloricera Temporal range: Early/Lower Cenomanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Cretoloricera H. Liu, K. V. Makarov, and C. H. Luo, 2023
Species:	C. electra
Binomial name
Cretoloricera electra H. Liu, K. V. Makarov, and C. H. Luo, 2023