Discovery of the Genus Anapleus Horn, 1873 from Cretaceous Kachin Amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Rixin Jiang; Michael S Caterino; Xiangsheng Chen

doi:10.3390/insects13080746

Discovery of the Genus Anapleus Horn, 1873 from Cretaceous Kachin Amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Insects. 2022 Aug 19;13(8):746. doi: 10.3390/insects13080746.

Authors

Rixin Jiang^{1

2

3}, Michael S Caterino⁴, Xiangsheng Chen^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
² The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
³ The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
⁴ Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.

Abstract

For the first time, an extant histerid genus Anapleus Horn, 1873 is described from a specimen found in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Anapleus kachinensis sp. nov. Although the genus Anapleus has not been precisely defined by synapomorphies, the new species shares numerous features with extant species while differing in comparatively few external characteristics. Anapleus kachinensis represents the first record of an extant histerid genus from Cretaceous deposits and provides further evidence of the ancient origin of the genus.

Keywords: anapleini; fossil species; histeroidea; new species.

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