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Issue: Vol. 5396 No. 1: 29 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.15
Page range: 105-111
Abstract views: 157
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A new species of Burmalestes Tomaszewska & Ślipiński from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China; Bristol Palaeobiology Group; School of Earth Sciences; University of Bristol; Life Sciences Building; Tyndall Avenue; Bristol BS8 1TQ; UK
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Coleoptera Endomychidae Burmalestes Cretaparamecus fossil Cretaceous Burmese amber

Abstract

The second species of the extinct genus Burmalestes Tomaszewska & Ślipiński, B. jingruoyaae Li & Cai sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. The new species shares characters with both Burmalestes (antennomere 5 elongate and procoxae subcontiguous) and Cretaparamecus Tomaszewska et al. (protibiae toothed and pronotum without basolateral sulci), providing valuable information on the morphological variability of this group.

 

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