The first record of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from Eocene Rovno amber:Cupes groehni Kirejtshuk, 2005 examined using X-ray microtomography

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Dec 30, 2021
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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2021)
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Andris Bukejs
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia
Vitalii Alekseev
Alekseev V.I., Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation, Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii square 1, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russian Federation, Institute of Living Systems, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo Street 14, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russian Federation
Kristaps Kairišs
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia

Keywords : palaeocoleopterology, reticulated beetles, Cenozoic, Paleogene, fossil resin, X-ray, micro-CT.
Abstract
Archostematan species Cupes groehni Kirejtshuk, 2005 is recorded from Upper Eocene Rovno amber. It is the first record of the family Cupedidae from this Lagerstätte and the ninth coleopteran species common to Baltic and Rovno ambers. Specimen is examined and illustrated using X-ray micro-computed tomography (µCT).

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