The first record of Cretaceous ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Oodini) from Burmese amber
Abstract
The first fossil Carabidae from Burmese amber is described as new to science, Oodes kachinensis Liu n. sp., based on a single individual preserved in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. This species is placed in the extant tribe Oodini as supported by several characters: one supraorbital seta at each side of vertex, interval 9 very narrow, stria 8 very deep, epipleuron plica presented, antennomeres 1-3 glabrous and 4-11 densely pubescent. This new species has surprising long legs, indicating most probably it was living on the bank of puddle.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.013
- Bibcode:
- 2015CrRes..52..427L
- Keywords:
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- Carabidae;
- Oodini;
- Oodes;
- Cretaceous;
- Myanmar;
- Amber