The first notocupedin beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata)
Abstract
A rare ommatine beetle, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata), is described in Kachin amber from northern Myanmar. It is the first notocupedin in amber to be described from the fossil record belonging to an extinct, Mesozoic-Palaeocene group of archaic reticulated beetles which are better known as impressions in the sedimentary rocks of Eurasia and East Gondwana. The new species belongs to Notocupes sensu lato with its pronounced serration, short mesofemur, long pedicel and forward curved pronotum. Phylogenetic implications are discussed.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- February 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104225
- Bibcode:
- 2020CrRes.10604225J
- Keywords:
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- Fossil beetle;
- Cretaceous;
- Cupedid;
- Notocupedini;
- New species