Pelretes bicolor sp. nov., a new short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

被引：6

作者：

Zhao, Qian ^{[1
,2
]}

Tihelka, Erik ^{[1
,3
]}

Huang, Diying ^{[1
]}

Cai, Chenyang ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironment, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Coll, Nanjing 211135, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg,Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, England

来源：

CRETACEOUS RESEARCH | 2022年 / 140卷

关键词：

Burmese amber; Kateretidae; Taxonomy; Palaeodiversity; EVOLUTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105330

中图分类号：

P5 [地质学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 081803 ;

摘要：

Kateretid beetles are among the earliest known pollinators of angiosperms that can be traced back to the Cretaceous, but their palaeodiversity remains poorly explored due to the scarcity of fossil evidence. Here we report a new species, Pelretes bicolor sp. nov., from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber mined in northern Myanmar. The new species is distinguished from the type species Pelretes vivificus most prominently by the elytral disc having a dull trapezoidal mark and 9 parallel punctate grooves on each elytron. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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