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Issue: Vol. 2811 No. 1: 7 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2811.1.4
Page range: 47–52
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 3

A new fossil genus of the family Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Department of Biology), al-Farabi Prospekt, 71, Almaty 050038 Kazakhstan
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea Glaphyridae new genus new species fossils Mesozoic Yixian Formation China

Abstract

Lithohypna chifengensis, new genus and species of the family Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 is described and illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liutiaogou of Inner Mongolia, China.

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