New fossil genus of Silvanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene)

Vitalii I Alekseev; Andris Bukejs

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.5

New fossil genus of Silvanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene)

Zootaxa. 2016 Jul 26;4144(1):101-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.5.

Authors

Vitalii I Alekseev¹, Andris Bukejs²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VO "Kaliningrad State Technical University", Sovetsky av. 1. 236000 Kaliningrad, Russia.; Email: alekseew0802@yahoo.com.
² Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia.; Email: carabidae@inbox.lv.

PMID: 27470839
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.5

Abstract

The fossil silvanid beetle Mistran ot gen. et sp. nov. is described from Baltic amber. The new taxon is illustrated and compared with morphologically close extant and fossil taxa. A checklist of fossil Silvanidae is provided.

MeSH terms

Amber*
Animals
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
Coleoptera / classification*
Fossils*
Species Specificity

Substances

Amber