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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 5: October 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.8.5.11
Page range: 552-559
Abstract views: 47
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A new extinct species of Phloiotrya Stephens (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Dircaeini) from late Eocene Rovno amber

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
Tenebrionoidea new species Cenozoic Paleogene fossil resin Coleoptera Melandryidae Dircaeini

Abstract

A new fossil species of the melandryine beetle genus Phloiotrya from Rovno amber is described and illustrated. The new species, Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) groehni sp. nov., is compared with its extant congeners and related extinct taxa from Baltic amber. Additional fossil records of false darkling beetles from Eocene Rovno and Baltic fossil resins are presented.

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