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Issue: Vol. 5620 No. 4: 11 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.4.4
Page range: 575-581
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The third extinct representative of the genus Europs Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Nitiduloidea: Monotomidae) in Baltic amber

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
Coleoptera Europini paleoentomology paleodiversity Eocene amber inclusion

Abstract

The third fossil minute-clubbed beetle of the extant genus Europs Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Monotomidae), E. carsteni sp. nov., is described, diagnosed and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber. This Palaeogene species can be distinguished from the known Eocene congeners by triangular femoral lines with long longitudinal linear extension produced beyond the middle of abdominal ventrite 1 and by the finely setose dorsum.

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How to Cite

Alekseev, V. & Bukejs, A. (2025) The third extinct representative of the genus Europs Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Nitiduloidea: Monotomidae) in Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 5620 (4), 575–581. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.4.4