A new fossil jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

Yali Yu; Adam Slipiński; Chungkun Shih; Hong Pang; Dong Ren

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.7

A new fossil jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

Zootaxa. 2013:3637:355-60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.7.

Authors

Yali Yu¹, Adam Slipiński, Chungkun Shih, Hong Pang, Dong Ren

Affiliation

¹ College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, PR China.

PMID: 26046202
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.7

Abstract

A new fossil buprestid, Trapezitergum grande Yu, Slipiński et Shih, gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liutiaogou Village, Tianyi County, Inner Mongolia, China, is described and placed in the subfamily Buprestinae.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
China
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera / classification*
Fossils*
Male