New Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber

Zootaxa. 2016 Oct 25;4178(3):409-427. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.6.

Abstract

Four new zopherid species are described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber: Xylolaemus legalovi sp. nov., X. richardklebsi sp. nov., Diodesma slipinskii sp. nov., and Endophloeus gorskii sp. nov. A key to species of Xylolaemus Redtenbacher, described from Baltic amber, and a checklist of fossil Zopheridae are provided. The montane distribution of several recent representatives of dendrophilous zopherids in Europe and the connection of such a distributional type with modern human activity is discussed.

MeSH terms

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

Substances

  • Amber