A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) |
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Affiliation: | 1. Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland;2. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;3. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tenoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0001, Japan;4. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC), Japan;1. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan;1. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC), Japan;3. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Biosystematics Section, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland;2. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan;3. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tenoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0001, Japan;1. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan;2. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010, Wien, Austria;3. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tenoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0001, Japan;1. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC), Japan |
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Abstract: | Ommatidae is a small, but ancient, basally nested family of the hyper-diverse beetles (Coleoptera). Here, a remarkable new taxon, Paraodontomma burmitica gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a well-preserved specimen in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Based on a wider epipleural rim on each elytron, the new genus belongs to the extinct tribe Brochocoleini. This finding further reinforces the idea that the Burmese paleofauna of ommatid beetles was much more diverse and abundant than previously thought. |
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Keywords: | Brochocoleini New genus Myanmar Cenomanian |
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