Fossil carabids from Baltic amber – I – A new species of the genus Calathus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae)
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In this paper a new species of fossil ground-beetle, Calathus elpis n. sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) preserved in a piece of Baltic amber (Eocene) is described. A comparison with extant fauna is made, and paleobiology of the species is studied.
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