Abstract
The first fossil Catopocerinae: Archaeocerus uenoi n. gen. n. sp. (Coleoptera Leiodidae) is described and figured. It comes from the upper Cretaceous (Albian/Cenomanian) amber deposit of the Hukawng valley, in northern Myanmar. Archaeocerus has developed eyes and flight wings, contrast to all the other genera of the subfamily which are anophthalm and apterous.
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