A new genus of Ptilodactylidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma)

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Molly E. Cashion¹  Michael S. Engel¹  Stylianos Chatzimanolis¹  Zachary H. Falin¹ 

关键词: Polyphaga;    Elateriformia;    Albian;    Mesozoic;    Burma;    taxonomy;    new genus;    new species;    Polyphaga;    Elateriformia;    Albien;    Mésozoïque;    Birmanie;    taxonomie;    genre nouveau;    espèce nouvelle;   

DOI  :  10.5252/g2012n3a6

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

ThefirstMesozoicfossilofthebeetlefamilyPtilodactylidaeLaporte,1836(Byrrhoidea)isformallydescribedandfiguredfromamalepreservedinlatestAlbianamberfromMyanmar.Aphebodactylarhetinen.gen.,n.sp.,isdistinguishedfromitsmodernrelativesandisonlythesecondfossilspeciesyetformallydescribedinthefamily.Thefossilinterminglesputativelyderivedfeaturesofvariousptilodactylidsubfamilies,suggestingthatthecurrentcircumscriptionoftheselineagesisindireneedofrevision.

【 授权许可】

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