A new fossil of Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Miocene amber of Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico

ABSTRACT

A new flat bark beetle fossil (Laemophloeidae) is described from a well-preserved adult female specimen, trapped in amber, from the Miocene of Simojovel (Chiapas, Mexico). The fossil belongs to Placonotus MacLeay, a large extant genus of Laemophloeidae. The new species, Placonotus sepulvedae Gomes & Souza sp. nov, is compared with other Nearctic and Neotropical living species.

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KEYWORDS:

• Chiapas amber
• flat bark beetles
• fossil
• new species
• Placonotus

Acknowledgments

We thank Dr Gabriel Melo and Dr André Martins for helping us with the preparation of the amber piece and images and Dr Mario A. Acero-Sandoval for helping us find the amber piece. We also thank the Network of Biological Collections of Paraná – Taxonline for the photographs. This study was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (process number 141030/2018-6, LRPG) and the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (process number E-26/201.917/2020, DSS).

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Funding

The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) [process number 141030/2018-6, LRPG] and the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) [process number E-26/201.917/2020, DSS].