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Issue: Vol. 5375 No. 2: 22 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.5
Page range: 241-248
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A new fossil species and new record of Atomaria Stephens (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zoological Museum; Moscow State University; Bol’shaya Nikitskaya Str. 2; Moscow 103009; Russia
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University; Nevskogo 14; Kaliningrad 236016; Russia
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies; Daugavpils University; Vienības 13; Daugavpils LV-5401; Latvia
Coleoptera Atomariinae paleontology Cenozoic Paleogene fossil

Abstract

Based on well-preserved specimen in Eocene Baltic amber, Atomaria (Anchicera) propinqua sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It is the sixth fossil species of Atomaria Stephens, 1829 reported from fossil resins. In addition, a new fossil record of A. (Anchicera) alekseevi Lyubarsky et Bukejs, 2022 from Baltic amber is presented.

 

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