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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 2: 17 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.7
Page range: 271-278
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 3

First report of wounded-tree beetle (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Nosodendridae) in Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University; Nevskogo 14; Kaliningrad 236016; Russia
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies; Daugavpils University; Vienības 13; Daugavpils LV-5401; Latvia
Coleoptera Cenozoic palaeodiversity amber inclusion Nosodendron new species

Abstract

The first Paleogene representative of the relictual family Nosodendridae is described and illustrated based on an inclusion in Eocene Baltic amber. The new species, Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) andrushchenkoi sp. nov., is placed in the extant genus Nosodendron and compared with both extant and fossil congeners.

 

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How to Cite

Alekseev, V. & Bukejs, A. (2025) First report of wounded-tree beetle (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Nosodendridae) in Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula. Zootaxa, 5711 (2), 271–278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.7