Xylolaemus_sakhnovi
Xylolaemus sakhnovi
Extinct species of beetle
Xylolaemus sakhnovi is an extinct species of cylindrical bark beetle in the family Zopheridae. The species is solely known from the Middle Eocene[1][2] Baltic amber deposits in the Baltic Sea region of Europe. The genus Xylolaemus contains a total of six extant species distributed from western Europe through the Canary Islands and North Africa to India.[3] The species is the first in the genus to be described from a fossil specimen.[2]