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Published: 2011-02-08
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The first fossil Dufoureillini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Lyctocorinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber

Paleontological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya Str. 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Silesian University, Department of Zoology 40-007-Katowice, Bankowa 9, Poland
Silesian University, Department of Zoology 40-007-Katowice, Bankowa 9, Poland
Hemiptera Heteroptera Anthocoridae Lyctocorinae Dufoureillini new genera new species Baltic amber fossil flower bugs

Abstract

The paper presents description of new anthocorid taxa from the inclusions in the Upper Eocene Baltic amber: Xyloesteles parvulus gen.nov and sp. nov. and Xyloesteles kerneggeriorum sp. nov. They are described and illustrated here. These fossil flower bugs of the family Anthocoridae (s.l.) belong to the tribe Dufouriellini Van Duzee (Lyctocorinae) are reported for the first time.

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