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Issue: Vol. 4442 No. 1: 29 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.8
Page range: 153–160
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A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Department of Zootechny, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1, 236000 Kaliningrad, Russia.
Coleoptera beetles palaeontology palaeoethology Paleogene fossil resin key

Abstract

Fossil records of Scarabaeidae in Eocene amber deposits are scarce. Previously, only three species were known from Baltic amber. Based on well-preserved specimens, an additional extinct species of Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Ataenius damzeni Bukejs & Alekseev, new species is described and illustrated from this Lagerstätte. A key to the species of Scarabaeidae that have been described from European Eocene amber is provided.

 

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