On the Nosodendridae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Nosodendroidea)

Yan-DA Li; Erik Tihelka; Loc Dahan; DI-Ying Huang; Chen-Yang Cai

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.2

On the Nosodendridae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Nosodendroidea)

Zootaxa. 2021 Dec 17;5082(3):223-244. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.2.

Authors

Yan-DA Li¹, Erik Tihelka², Loc Dahan³, DI-Ying Huang⁴, Chen-Yang Cai⁵

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. ydli@pku.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China 2School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. wn20250@bristol.ac.uk.
³ 3O. D. Taxonomy and Phylogeny Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstreet 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. loicdahan@hotmail.com.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. dyhuang@nigpas.ac.cn.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China 2School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. cycai@nigpas.ac.cn.

PMID: 35390968
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.2

Abstract

Nosodendridae is a small polyphagan beetle family with a sparse fossil record. Herein, the fossil Nosodendridae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (ca. 99 Ma) are systematically reviewed. Nosodendron cretaceum Deng et al. is transferred into Archaenosodendron Li Cai gen. nov., as A. cretaceum (Deng et al.) comb. nov., primarily based on the morphology of prosternum. Three new species of Archaenosodendron from Burmese amber, A. explanatum Li Cai sp. nov., A. remotidens Li Cai sp. nov., and A. angulare Li Cai sp. nov., are also described and illustrated. A key to nosodendrid genera and species from Burmese amber is provided.

MeSH terms

Amber*
Animals
Coleoptera*
Fossils
Myanmar

Substances

Amber