Two new genera and species of tiger beetles from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
- Two fossil tiger beetle species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) are described from Eocene Baltic amber using light microscopic and X-ray microscopic techniques. Both species are considered representatives of the subtribe Iresina Rivalier, 1971 due to the shared combination of character states: glabrous head, six labral and four suborbital setae, and glabrous pronotum. Palaeopronyssiformia groehni Wiesner, Will, and Schmidt, new genus, new species, is characterized by a glabrous and furrowed head with six labral setae, large eyes, presence of two supraorbital setae on each side, mandibles with two teeth of the incisor region, and a glabrous and furrowed pronotum. Palaeoiresina cassolai Wiesner, Will, and Schmidt, new genus, new species, is characterized by a unicolored, undentated labrum, mandibles with two teeth of the incisor region, glabrous head with six labral setae, two clypeal setae, two supraorbital setae on each side, and a glabrous pronotum, mesepisternum, mesepimeron, and metepisternum. The species described here represent the only known tiger beetle fossils preserved in Baltic amber.
Author: | Jürgen WiesnerORCiDGND, Kipling Will, Joachim Schmidt |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-438525 |
URL: | http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/PDF-download.asp?FileName=0577_Wiesner_etal_2017.pdf |
ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi |
Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (577) |
Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
Place of publication: | Gainesville, FL |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2017 |
Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2017/10/11 |
Tag: | X-ray microscopy; new genus; new species; taxonomy |
Page Number: | 16 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |