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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 3: June 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.3.14
Page range: 443-452
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Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea)

Department of Science Education, Gongju National University of Education, 27 Ungjinro, Gongjusi, Chungcheonnam-do 32553, Republic of Korea; Korean Fossil Research Center, 50-2 Hangangro 2Ga, YongsangGu, Seoul 04382, Republic of Korea
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú; Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor e San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú
Department of Science Education, Gongju National University of Education, 27 Ungjinro, Gongjusi, Chungcheonnam-do 32553, Republic of Korea
Department of Applied Biology, College of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Sangjusi, Gyeongsangbuk-do 37224, Republic of Korea
Coleoptera palaeodiversity Hydrophiloidea Jinju Formation Lower Cretaceous

Abstract

We report new discoveries of diverse Hydrophiloidea (Staphyliniformia) from the Albian (Early Cretaceous) Jinju Formation, South Korea, including the genera Laetopsia Fikáček et al., 2012 and Cretotaenia Ponomarenko, 1977, a new species of Laetopsia (Laetopsia leei sp. nov.), a species putatively shared with the Barremian Yixian Formation of China (L. cf. hydraenoides), an undetermined species of Laetopsia, and a new record of Cretotaenia pallida Ponomarenko are described and illustrated.

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