A new species of the genus Orchesia Latreille (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Baltic amber with a key to species described from fossil resins

VITALII I. ALEKSEEV; ANDRIS BUKEJS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.10

Issue: Vol. 3947 No. 4: 17 Apr. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-04-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.10

Page range: 590–596

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**A new species of the genus Orchesia Latreille (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Baltic amber with a key to species described from fossil resins**

VITALII I. ALEKSEEV⁺⁻
ANDRIS BUKEJS⁺⁻

MAUK “Zoopark”, Mira av., 26, 236028 Kaliningrad, Russia Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VPO Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1, 236000, Kaliningrad, Russia.

Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.

Coleoptera false darkling beetles Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculata new species Tertiary Eocene fossil resin new records

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Abstract

Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculata sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber (Kaliningrad Region, Russia). New fossil records on O. turkini Alekseev & Bukejs and O. rasnitzyni Nikitsky are presented. A key to species of Orchesia Latreille, described from fossil resins, is provided.