First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

ANDRIS BUKEJS; VITALII I. ALEKSEEV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5

Issue: Vol. 4012 No. 2: 3 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5

Page range: 351–360

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**First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)**

ANDRIS BUKEJS⁺⁻
VITALII I. ALEKSEEV⁺⁻

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils.

Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VPO Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1, 236000, Kaliningrad, Russia.

Coleoptera false darkling beetles Melandryinae Orchesiini new species Tertiary Eocene fossil resin

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Abstract

Microscapha andrzeji sp. nov., the first fossil representative of the genus is described from Eocene Baltic amber. An updated list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) is provided. The presence of Microscapha within Baltic amber suggests some potential for palaeoenvironmental inferences based on the melandryid assemblage within the deposit.