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PALAEOLEPTOCHROMUS SCHAUFUSSI (GEN.NOV., SP.NOV.), A NEW ANTLIKE STONE BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SCYDMAENIDAE) FROM CANADIAN CRETACEOUS AMBER

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Sean O’Keefe ,
Ted Pike  and
George Poinar
Sean O’Keefe
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 94720
Ted Pike
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
George Poinar
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97331
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Abstract

Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi (gen.nov., sp.nov.) is the first antlike stone beetle (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae) to be described from Cretaceous amber. The piece of amber containing this specimen was collected in an area near Grassy Lake, Alberta, Canada, and is dated 79 million years old. This new genus is placed within the Mastiginae and is most likely the sister taxon to the recent Neotropical genus Leptochromus Motschulsky.

Résumé

Une nouvelle espèce, Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi (gen.nov., sp.nov.), est la première espèce de Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera) à être décrite de l’ambre du crétacé. Lemorceau d’ambre dans lequel le spécimen se trouve provient des environs de Grassy Lake en Alberta au Canada et est âgé de 79 millions d’années. Ce nouveau genre a été placé dans les Mastiginae et est probablement le taxon voisin du genre néotropical récent Leptochromus Motschulsky.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , June 1997 , pp. 379 - 385
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1997

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