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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 2: April 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.2.10
Page range: 265-276
Abstract views: 5
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Description of adult and larval Loricera from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Perú; Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15072, Perú
Lingpoge Amber Museum, Shanghai 201108, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
LMU Biocenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Department of Zoology, University of Yangon, University Avenue Road, Kamayut Township 11041, Yangon, Myanmar
LMU Biocenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Kreuzbergstr. 90, 66482 Zweibrücken, Germany
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Coleoptera Carabidae Loricera taxonomy fossil Kachin amber Cretaceous

Abstract

Loricera is a morphologically distinctive genus in Carabidae, exhibiting specialized feeding habits on springtails. Here we provide descriptions for both adult and larval specimens of Loricera from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. The adult specimen, named as Loricera carsteni Li, Tihelka & Cai sp. nov., is characterized by the posteriorly unconstricted pronotal disc with produced anterior pronotal angles, wide and almost orthogonal elytral humeri, and elytral surface with no more than ten punctate striae. The validity of previously reported Cretoloricera is also critically reviewed.

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