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- Title
Description of two clown beetles (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia: Hydrophiloidea: Histeridae) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene).
- Authors
Alekseev, Vitalii I.
- Abstract
The first representatives of the tribe Paromalini within the subfamily Dendrophilinae from Eocene Baltic amber are presented, with description of two new species Carcinops donelaitisi sp. nov. and Xestipyge ikanti sp. nov. placed in the recent genera Carcinops Marseul, 1855 and Xestipyge Marseul, 1862, respectively. The importance of humidity for the surviving of several Eocene European beetles in other geographical territories is pointed out.
- Subjects
CENOZOIC Era; FOSSIL beetles; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of insects; INSECT anatomy; ANIMAL species
- Publication
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1407-8619
- Publication type
Article