Tetratoma nikitskyi

{{Short description|Extinct species of beetle}}

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| genus = Tetratoma

| species = nikitskyi

| authority = Alekseev, 2013

| extinct = yes

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Tetratoma nikitskyi is a species of polypore fungus beetle found within the family Tetratomidae. Identified by Vitaly I. Alekseev, this species is the first of the Tetratomidae family to be located within the Baltic amber.{{cite journal |last=Alekseev |first=Vitaly I. |year=2013 |title=The first species of the family Tetratomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?artid=467 |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=131–135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131184248/http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?artid=467 |archive-date=2023-01-31}}

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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013

Category:Beetles of Europe

Category:Tenebrionoidea

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