Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 4144 No. 1: 26 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.7
Page range: 117–123
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

Passandra septentrionaria sp. nov.: the first described species of Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VO Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1, 236000, Kaliningrad, Russia.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St., Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada.
Coleoptera taxonomy palaeontology parasitic flat bark beetles new species fossil resin Tertiary

Abstract

Based on two relatively well-preserved specimens from Eocene Baltic amber, Passandra septentrionaria sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It is the first formally described species of Passandridae from Baltic amber, and the first known European representative of the family. The global distribution of extant Passandra Dalman is mapped, and the historical distribution of the group is briefly discussed.

 

References

  1. Alekseev, V.I. & Alekseev, P.I. (2016) New approaches for reconstruction of the ecosystem of an Eocene amber forest. Biology Bulletin, 43 (1), 75–86.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1062359016010027

    Bachofen-Echt, A. (1949) Der Bernstein und seine Einschlüsse. Springer, Wien, 204 pp.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2303-4

    Burckhardt, D. & Ślipiński, S.A. (1991) A review of the Passandridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of the world. III. Genera Anisocerus, Aulonosoma, Passandrella, Passandrina, Scalidiopsis and Taphroscelidia. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 98, 453–497.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79800

    Burckhardt, D. & Ślipiński, S.A. (1995a) A review of the Passandridae of the world (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). IV. Genus Ancistria. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 102 (4), 995–1044.

    Burckhardt, D. & Ślipiński, S.A. (1995b) Catogenus klapperichorum sp. n. and nomenclatural remarks on Catogenus carinatus Newman (Coleoptera, Passandridae). Entomological Problems, 26, 79–84.

    Burckhardt, D. & Ślipiński, S.A. (2003) Phylogeny and taxonomy of the world Passandridae (Coleoptera). In: Cuccodoro, G. & Leschen, R. (Eds.), Systematics of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the retirement of Ivan Löbl. Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 16. Associated Publishers, Gainesville, pp. 753–883.

    Burckhardt, D. & Ślipiński, S.A. (2010) 10.19. Passandridae Blanchard, 1845/Erichson, 1845. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology—Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). De Gruyter, Berlin/New York, pp. 363–368.

    Burckhardt, D. & Zürcher, I. (2013) The parasitic flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Passandridae) of Laos. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 34, 309–317.

    Graham, A. (2006) Modern processes and historical factors in the origin of the African element in Latin America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 93, 335–339.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3417/0026-6493(2006)93[335:MPAHFI]2.0.CO;2

    Guénard, B., Perrichot, V. & Economo E.P. (2015) Integration of global fossil and modern biodiversity data reveals dynamism and stasis in ant macroecological patterns. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 2302–2312.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12614

    Handlirsch, A. (1908) Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, IX + 1430 pp.

    Handlirsch, A. (1925) Paläontologie. In: Schröder, C.W.M. (Ed.), Handbuch der Entomologie. Vol. 3. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 117–306.

    Heer, O. (1859) Die tertiäre Flora der Schweiz, Band 3. Winterthur, Wurster & Comp., 377 pp.

    Ivie, M.A. & Ślipiński, S.A. (2005) New species and records of Costa Rican Passandridae (Cucujoidea). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 59 (4), 459–463.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/810.1

    Klebs, R. (1910) Über Bernsteineinschlüsse in allgemeinen und die Coleopteren meiner Bernsteinsammlung. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg, 51, 217–242.

    Menge, A. (1856) Lebenszeichen vorweltlicher, im Bernstein eingeschlossener Thiere. Programm der öffentlichen Prüfung der Schüler der Petrischule. A.W. Kafemann, Danzig, 32 pp.

    Motschulsky, V.I. (1856) Voyages. Lettres de M. de Motschulsky à M. Menetries. No. 3. New York le 15 Juillet 1654. Études Entomologiques, 5, 21–38.

    Peris, D., Solórzano Kraemer, M.M., Peñalver, E. & Delclòs, X. (2015) New ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) from Miocene Mexican and Dominican ambers and their paleobiogeographical implications. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 15 (3), 527–542.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-015-0213-y

    Ramírez, L.C., Corsolini, J.A. & Di Iorio, O. (2016) First fossil record of parasitic flat-bark beetle (Coleoptera: Passandridae) from the Eocene Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 53 (2), 160–169.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.29.11.2015.2920

    Scudder, S.H. (1885) Insecta. Insekten. In: Zittel, K.A. (Ed.), Handbuch der Palaeontologie, I Abtheilung. Palaeozoologie, II Band. Mollusca und Arthropoda. Oldenbourg, München & Leipzig, pp. 747–831.

    Scudder, S.H. (1886) Systematic review of our present knowledge of fossil insects, including Myriapods and Arachnids. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 31, 1–128.

    Scudder, S.H. (1891) Index to the known fossil insects of the world including Myriapods and Arachnids. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 71, 1–744.

    Ślipiński, S.A. (1987) A review of the Passandridae of the world (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). I. Genus Passandra Dalman. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale, Genova, 86, 553–603.

    Ślipiński, S.A. (1989) A review of the Passandridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of the world. II. Genus Catogenus Westwood. Polish Journal of Entomology, 59, 85–129.

    Ślipiński, S.A., Leschen, R.A.B. & Lawrence, J.F. (2011) Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.), Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148, 203–208.

    Spahr, U. (1981) Systematischer Katalog der Bernstein und Kopalkäfer (Coleoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie), 80, 1–107.

    Thomas, M.C. (1993) The flat bark beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 15. Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, 93 pp.