Abstract
Psyllototus doeberli sp. nov., a second species of the paleoendemic genus is described. This is the first named species of Alticini from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber of Yantarny, Kaliningrad region, Russia. A checklist of known Alticini from fossil resins is provided.
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