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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 4: August 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.4.8
Page range: 364-373
Abstract views: 120
PDF downloaded: 4

Unveiled: The first evidence of the subfamily Eurygeniinae LeConte, 1862 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Anthicidae) in Eocene Baltic amber

Natural History Museum; Department of Life Sciences; Cromwell Road; London; SW7 5BD; United Kingdom; Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies; Daugavpils University; Vienības 13; Daugavpils; LV-5401; Latvia
Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum; Marshal Vasilevskii square 1; Kaliningrad 236016; Russia
Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea Anthicidae Cenozoic Paleogene paleodiversity paleobiogeography ant-like flower beetles fossil resin new species

Abstract

A new, extinct representative of the tribe Eurygeniini LeConte, 1862, Stereopalpus succinorepertus sp. nov., is described, diagnosed, and illustrated based on a well-preserved inclusion from Eocene Baltic amber. The extinct beetle species is compared with related extant and extinct members of the tribe. The present-day extent of occurrence of the genus Stereopalpus is schematically mapped.

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