Molliberus albae gen. et sp nov., the oldest Laurasian soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber

被引：17

作者：

Peris, David ^{[1
,2
]}

Fanti, Fabrizio ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Barcelona, Fac Ciencies Terra, Dept Dinam Terra & Ocea, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

[2] Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Univ Bonn, Steinmann Inst Geol Mineral & Palaontol, D-53115 Bonn, Germany

[3] Via Tamburino 69, I-53040 Siena, Italy

来源：

CRETACEOUS RESEARCH | 2018年 / 91卷

关键词：

Fossil; Paleoentomology; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Albian; El Soplao Cave; BURMESE AMBER; EL SOPLAO; INSECTA; ELATERIFORMIA; CANTABRIA; SPAIN; TAXA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.003

中图分类号：

P5 [地质学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 081803 ;

摘要：

A new soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), Molliberus albae gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the El Soplao Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) amber deposit in northern Spain. This is the first fossil species in the family to be described from the Spanish amber and the oldest representative in Europe. The new species shows affinities with the Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) species from Myanmar, and the fossil is compared with the other Cretaceous fossil species. The elongate prognathous head is a diagnostic character of Molliberus albae gen. et sp. nov., from which it may be inferred that this species fed on pollen or nectar. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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