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Published: 2012-02-08
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New omethid and lampyrid taxa from the Baltic Amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13-326, Moscow 109651, Russia
Coleoptera Omethidae Lampyridae new genera new species Baltic Amber palaeoentomology Eocene

Abstract

Two new fossil genera, Electromethes gen. n. (Omethidae) and Electotreta gen. n. (Lampyridae), and two new species,Electromethes alleni sp. n. and Electotreta rasnitsyni sp. n., are described from the Baltic amber. The new taxa appear to be related to the extant omethids (Electromethes) and ototretines (Electotreta) from the East Asia.

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