A New Species of the Genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

Authors

  • George O. Poinar, Jr. Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331 USA.
  • Fernando E. Vega 629 Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
  • Andrei A. Legalov Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.03.0125

Keywords:

Cerophytidae, New taxa, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Abstract

In this article, a new species of the genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 of the family Cerophytidae from mid- Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. The new species, A. maculatum s.n. differs from A. birmanicum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 in the smaller body size, shorter metatarsomere 1, and more convex body. A key to the species of the genus Amberophytum is presented.

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2021-08-18

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Poinar, Jr., G. O. ., Vega, F. E., & Legalov, A. A. . (2021). A New Species of the Genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Biosis: Biological Systems, 2(3), 337–341. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.03.0125

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2021): Biosis: Biological Systems

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