Description of a new species of Eucinetidae (Coleoptera, Scirtoidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber

Xueyong Du; Adam Slipinski; Zhenhua Liu; Hong Pang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.982.39335

Description of a new species of Eucinetidae (Coleoptera, Scirtoidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zookeys. 2020 Nov 2:982:1-9. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.982.39335. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xueyong Du¹, Adam Slipinski², Zhenhua Liu^{1

2}, Hong Pang³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
² Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
³ State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.

Abstract

Eucinetus parvus sp. nov. is described from late Cretaceous Burmese amber, representing the second record of Eucinetidae from the Burmese amber and the first species of the family with simple, not piercing, mouthparts. A comparison between Mesocinetidae and Eucinetidae is provided.

Keywords: Eucinetus; generic diagnosis; relationship.

Xueyong Du, Adam Slipinski, Zhenhua Liu, Hong Pang.