A new Eocene soldier beetle (Cantharidae) of the genus †Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 1892 from Baltic amber

被引：6

作者：

Fanti, Fabrizio ^{[1
]}

Pankowski, Maximilian G. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Via Tamburino 69, I-53040 Piazze, SI, Italy

[2] 16405 Fox Valley Terrace, Rockville, MD 20853 USA

来源：

ZOOTAXA | 2020年 / 4869卷 / 03期

关键词：

soldier beetle; fossil; amber; Eocene; taxonomy; evolution; COLEOPTERA CANTHARIDAE; MALTHODES;

D O I：

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.10

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

Recent studies of extinct soldier beetles have generated an immense amount of new information. Scientists have described various new species of dagger Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 1892, confirming the remarkable diversification and evolution of this genus and the Cantharidae family during the Eocene. In the present work, we describe a new species from Baltic amber. Cacomorphocerus marki sp. nov., is the first species of Cacomorphocerus discovered with filiform 11-segmented antennae. Based on inclusions in Baltic and Rovno amber, it now appeals certain that the genus Cacomorphocerus and the tribe Cacomorphocerini Fanti & Kupryjanowicz, 2018 evolved and subsequently went extinct in Europe during the Eocene. Known for more than 100 years from a single species, the genus is now known to be far more morphologically diversified thanks to these recent discoveries.

引用

页码：437 / 443

页数：7

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