Stenaspidiotus

Stenaspidiotus is an extinct genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It contains a single species, Stenaspidiotus microptilus. It was erected in 2013 by George Poinar Jr.^[1]

Stenaspidiotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	†Stenaspidiotus Poinar, 2013
Species:	†S. microptilus
Binomial name
†Stenaspidiotus microptilus Poinar, 2013

Discovery

The type specimen was located in a fragment of amber from the Cordillera Septentrional in the Dominican Republic. The amber dates from between 15–20 to 30–45 million years ago.^[1]

Description

The adult beetle preserved in amber is 10.2 mm in length with a metallic brown-black colouration.