Dominican Amber False Long-Horned Beetle

Description: This amber piece displays a fine member of the Coleoptera, or beetles. There are more species of beetles than there are of any other insect, a fact that led J.S.B. Haldane to say that the creator had an inordinate fondness for beetles. This one is a member of the Cepheloidae, or False Long-Horned Beetles. While the morphology is similar to that of the long-horned beetles, ther antennae are markedly shorter. Little is known of their habits; modern-day examples are collected on flowers or foliage.