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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.10
Page range: 186-190
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A new species of the Cretaceous clown beetle genus Yethiha (Coleoptera: Histeridae) with interpretation of the function of enlarged protibial spurs

Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové; Eliščino nábřeží 465; 500 03 Hradec Králové 3; Czech Republic; Charles University; Faculty of Science; Department of Zoology; Viničná 7; 12800 Prague 2; Czech Republic
Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection; Rýznerova 37/37; CZ-252 62 Únětice u Prahy; Prague-west; Czech Republic
Charles University; Faculty of Science; Department of Zoology; Viničná 7; 12800 Prague 2; Czech Republic
Coleoptera Burmese amber description fossil Histeroidea

Abstract

We describe a new species of Yethiha Caterino, 2021, a third representative of the genus. As the other species, Yethiha lackneri sp. nov. is reported from Kachin amber of the mid-Cretaceous age. Its discovery provides further evidence of the diverse Cretaceous fauna of clown beetles associated with decaying trees. We provide a diagnostic key to all three species of Yethiha and explain probable function of their protibial spurs.

 

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How to Cite

Simon-Pražák, J., Háva, J. & Prokop, J. (2025) A new species of the Cretaceous clown beetle genus Yethiha (Coleoptera: Histeridae) with interpretation of the function of enlarged protibial spurs. Zootaxa, 5613 (1), 186–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.10