An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Histeridae)
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An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Histeridae)
We describe a new genus and species of Histeridae from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, Amplectister tenax Caterino & Maddison, gen. & sp. n. This species represents the third known Cretaceous histerid, which, like the others, is highly distinct and cannot easily be placed to subfamily. It exhibits prosternal characters in common with Saprininae, but other characters appear inconsistent with thi...
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عنوان ژورنال: ZooKeys
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1313-2970,1313-2989
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.733.23126