A new fossil genus of net-winged beetles, with a brief review of amber Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Zootaxa. 2013 Jan 16:3608:94-100. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.8.

Abstract

A new fossil genus of net-winged beetles, Protolopheros gen. n., and a new species, Protolopheros hoffeinsorum sp. n., are described from the Baltic amber. The new taxon is placed in Erotini, next to Lopheros Leconte, 1881. The extant Pseudaplatopterus (Eropterus) Green, 1951, comb. n. is lowered in rank and placed as a subgenus of the fossil Pseudaplatopterus Kleine, 1940. The extant Kolibaceum (Laterialis) Kazantsev, 1990, comb. n. is lowered in rank and placed as a subgenus of the fossil Kolibaceum Winkler, 1987.

MeSH terms

  • Amber
  • Animals
  • Baltic States
  • Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
  • Coleoptera / classification*
  • Fossils*
  • Male

Substances

  • Amber