A new genus and species of Ernobiinae (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian Peninsula

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Nov 30, 2023
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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023)
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Vitalii Alekseev
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogostreet 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-5443
Andris Bukejs
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības street 13, Daugavpils LV-5401
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7165-3023
Jiří Háva
Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-9538
Petr Zahradník
Forestry and Game Management Research Institute

Keywords : palaeontology, beetles, Ernobiini, Paleogene, fossil resin, new taxa
Abstract

Based on a well-preserved inclusion in Eocene Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region), Eocenobius praestigitator gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated as new to science. A key to species of the subfamily Ernobiinae of Baltic amber (10 species in 5 genera) is provided.

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