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Furcalabratum burmanicum gen. et sp. nov., a Short-winged Flower Beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

Authors :
George Poinar
Alex E. Brown
Source :
Cretaceous Research. 84:240-244
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

A new genus and species of Short-winged Flower Beetle, Furcalabratum burmanicum gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Kateretidae), is described from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. The new genus is characterized by its small size (2.6 mm in length), prognathous head with extended forked mandibles, porrect forked labrum, 11- segmented antenna terminated with a loose 3-segmented glabrous club, beaded chain around the rim of the compound eye, punctures on the head and pronotum, elytra with striae and irregular transverse grooves, ridged femora, tarsal formula 5-5-5 with membranous appendages on the first three tarsomeres, claws with a prominent basal tooth and abbreviated elytra exposing the terminal 3 tergites.

Details

ISSN :
01956671
Volume :
84
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Cretaceous Research
Accession number :
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