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- Title
New Genera and Species of the Family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber.
- Authors
Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang
- Abstract
Simple Summary: Throscidae is a relatively small lineage in the beetle superfamily Elateroidea. The Mesozoic fossil records of this family are sparse. Here we describe three new throscid species found in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, all represented by well-preserved specimens. These newly discovered species suggest that Throscidae had a high diversity in the Cretaceous. Captopus depressicepsgen. et sp. nov., Electrothroscus yanpingaegen. et sp. nov. and Pseudopactopus robustusgen. et sp. nov. are reported from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. These new findings greatly extend the Mesozoic diversity of Throscidae, which implies a high degree of morphological disparity for this family in the Cretaceous.
- Subjects
BEETLES; MESOZOIC Era; FOSSILS; SPECIES
- Publication
Insects (2075-4450), 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
2075-4450
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/insects12010063