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Issue: Vol. 4483 No. 2: 21 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.11
Page range: 395–400
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A new species of Globicornis Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Baltic amber, with a key to fossil species

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Jiří Háva, Department of Forest Protection and GM, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 00, Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera beetles Megatomina palaeontology Paleogene Eocene fossil resin key

Abstract

Based on a well-preserved specimen from Eocene Baltic amber, the fourth fossil species belonging to the genus Globicornis Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), G. groehni sp. nov., is described and illustrated. A key to the species of Globicornis known from Baltic amber is also provided. The addition of this species further improves our knowledge about dermestids in Baltic amber, and moves us closer to the level of taxonomic coverage needed for detailed ecological studies based upon the coleopteran assemblage within the deposit.

 

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