First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

Andris Bukejs; Vitalii I Alekseev

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5

First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

Zootaxa. 2015 Sep 3;4012(2):351-60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5.

Authors

Andris Bukejs¹, Vitalii I Alekseev²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils.; Email: carabidae@inbox.lv.
² Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VPO Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1, 236000, Kaliningrad, Russia.; Email: alekseew0802@yahoo.com.

PMID: 26623859
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5

Abstract

Microscapha andrzeji sp. nov., the first fossil representative of the genus is described from Eocene Baltic amber. An updated list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) is provided. The presence of Microscapha within Baltic amber suggests some potential for palaeoenvironmental inferences based on the melandryid assemblage within the deposit.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amber / chemistry*
Animals
Baltic States
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Fossils / anatomy & histology*
Male

Substances

Amber