TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nel, André
A1  - Kirejtshuk, Alexander
A1  - Garrouste, Romain
T1  - A 'giant' Paleocene cerambycid (Coleoptera) from Menat Konservat-Lagerstätte, France
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Palaeosphryon menatensis gen. et sp. nov., first unambiguous representative of the longhorn beetle subfamily Prioninae from the Paleocene of Menat (France), is described and illustrated. The new fossil is placed into the tribe Prionini, showing some similarities with some species of the extant genera Osphryon (Papua New Guinea) and Titanus (Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru), viz. in general body shape, antennomere 3 as long as first and second together but shorter than the length of fourth plus fifth, elongate elytra, and small spines on the lateral margin of the pronotum disposed in a relatively similar way as in Osphryon. Nevertheless, the exact affinities of the new fossil within the Prionini remain uncertain because of the lack of a recent phylogenetic analysis in which it could be integrated. This fossil beetle is exceptional for its very large size, with a body 70 mm long. Some other large longhorn beetles have been found in the same outcrop, and are awaiting description. The positions of the previously described Cerambycidae from Menat are also discussed. This exceptional fauna of Cerambycidae is in accordance with the current palaeoenvironmental reconstruction for the Menat Konservat-Lagerstätte, as a small maar lake surrounded by a warm and humid, probably evergreen forest.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 921:136–157 
KW  - Insecta
KW  - Prioninae
KW  - Prionini
KW  - paleodiversity
KW  - Menat fauna
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73630
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-736301
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2024
IS  - 921
SP  - 136
EP  - 157
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -