Description of a new fossil Statira Lepeletier et Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Baltic amber of the Sambian Peninsula

Dmitry Telnov; Andris Bukejs; Ottó Merkl

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.2

Description of a new fossil Statira Lepeletier et Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Baltic amber of the Sambian Peninsula

Zootaxa. 2019 Oct 10;4683(4):zootaxa.4683.4.2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.2.

Authors

Dmitry Telnov¹, Andris Bukejs, Ottó Merkl

Affiliation

¹ Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom. Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera iela 3, LV-2169, Salaspils, Latvia. anthicus@gmail.com.

PMID: 31715908
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.2

Abstract

Statira baltica sp. nov. is described from Eocene Baltic amber found in the Baltic Sea coast, Yantarny settlement, Kaliningrad Region, Russia. This is the second described fossil member of the genus Statira Lepeletier et Audinet-Serville, 1828 and the tribe Lagriini Latreille, 1825, and the first from outside the New World.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Statira baltica, new species, Eocene, Paleogene, biogeography, fossil resin.

MeSH terms

Amber*
Animals
Baltic States
Coleoptera*
Fossils
Russia

Substances

Amber