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Issue: Vol. 4242 No. 3: 13 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.9
Page range: 578–590
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Phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography reveals the internal morphology of a new fossil species of the Corticaria-sylvicola-group (Coleoptera: Latridiidae)

Bergstr. 1, 01468 Moritzburg, OT Boxdorf, Germany.
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
Coleoptera Corticaria amberica new species new synonym new records Baltic amber Eocene Paleogene

Abstract

Corticaria amberica sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) from Baltic amber is described and illustrated using the features of the male genitalia. To study these features, phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography was used for the first time with a member of this family. A literature-based checklist of fossil and subfossil Latridiidae is provided. The following new synonymy is established: Latridius alexeevi Bukejs, Kirejtshuk & Rücker, 2011 = Latridius usovae Sergi & Perkovsky, 2014 syn. nov. New fossil records for the species Latridius alexeevi Bukejs, Kirejtshuk & Rücker, Latridius jantaricus Borowiec, Revelieria groehni Sergi, Perkovsky & Reike, and Corticarina palaeominuta Reike are also presented.

 

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