A new scaly archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
Abstract
A rare ommatine beetle, Lepidomma tianae gen. et sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata), is described in burmite from northern Myanmar (Kachin). It has unusual scale-lined elytra and belongs to the equally unusual clessidrommatin stem group apparently endemic to the West Burma Block. These beetles were possibly adapted for life on trees and shrubs.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- July 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.027
- Bibcode:
- 2019CrRes..99..315J
- Keywords:
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- Fossil beetle;
- Cupedid;
- New genus;
- Species