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Issue: Vol. 2736 No. 1: 11 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2736.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus and species of fossil Eodromeinae from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Trachypachidae)

College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Institute of Zoology Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Coleoptera Trachypachidae fossil new genus new species Yixian Formation Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous China

Abstract

A new genus and species of fossil trachypachid Fortiseode pervalimand Jia & Ren gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new fossil with large and strong mandibles, short and robust legs, and pronotum widest near apical angle differs from other members of Eodromeinae. It is the first record of fossil trachypachid from the Mesozoic Yixian Formation of Huangbanjigou, Liaoning, China.

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