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Two new fossil species of the genus Atomaria Stephens (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Eocene European amber with a key to species described from fossil resins

Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 103009, Russia.
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienîbas 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia.
Coleoptera paleontology Cenozoic Paleogene Baltic amber Rovno amber Atomariinae new taxa

Abstract

Two new extinct species of the genus Atomaria Stephens, 1829 are described and illustrated: A. (Anchicera) alekseevi sp. nov. from Baltic amber and A. (Anchicera) perkovskyi sp. nov. from Rovno amber. A key to extinct Eocene species of Atomaria is provided.

 

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