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Original Articles

New beetles of the suborder Polyphaga from the Lowermost Eocene French amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)

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Pages 419-442 | Accepted 29 Jul 2008, Published online: 31 May 2013
 

Abstract

The paper deals with the descriptions of three new genera, one newsubgenus and eleven new species of the superfamilies Scirtoidea, Cleroidea, and Cucujoidea (suborder Polyphaga) originated from the Lowermost Eocene amber, namely: the Scirtidae: Cyphon gallicus nov. sp. and Cyphon lobanovi nov. sp.; the Melyridae: Malachiinae Colotes constantini nov. sp. and C. impexus nov. sp.; the Nitidulidae: Cybocephalinae Pastillocenicus polyaki nov. gen., nov. sp., and P. grandiclavis nov. gen., nov. sp. and P. longifrons nov. gen., nov. sp.; the Kateretidae: Hetherelus expressus nov. sp. and Eoceniιretes yantaricus nov. gen., nov. sp.; the Smicripidae: Smicrips europeus nov. sp.; and the Anthicidae: Eurygeniinae Oisegenius antiquus nov. gen., nov. sp. The systematic positions of these new taxa and hypotheses on their bionomy are discussed.

Résumé

Nouveaux Polyphaga de l’ambre éocène basal français (Insecta: Coleoptera) Trois nouveaux genres, un sous-genre et onze nouvelles espèces de Scirtoidea, Cleroidea et Cucujoidea (sous-ordre Polyphaga) sont décrits de l’ambre éocène basal de France. Il s’agit des Scirtidae: Cyphon gallicus nov. sp. et Cyphon lobanovi nov. sp.; des Melyridae: Malachiinae: Colotes Constantini nov. sp. et C. impexus nov. sp.; des Nitidulidae: Cybocephalinae: Pastillocenicus polyaki nov. gen., nov. sp. et P. grandiclavis nov. gen., nov. sp. et P longifrons nov. gen., nov. sp.; des Kateretidae: Hetherelus express us nov. sp. et Eoceniretes yantaricus nov. gen., nov. sp.; du Smicripidae: Smicrips europeus nov. sp.; et de l’Anthicidae: Eurygeniinae: Oisegenius antiquus nov. gen., nov. sp. Les positions systématiques de ces taxons nouveaux et des hypothèses sur leurs bionomies sont discutées.

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