A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) with aedeagus preserved from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 80(2017)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Fossil beetle -- Myanmar -- New genus -- New species; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: A rare archaic beetle, Barbaticupes combertiae n. gen. n. sp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous burmite from northern Myanmar. This beetle's distinctive form includes dense setae (small hairs) and protuberances on the head and merging rows of window cells on the elytra (wing cases). It is the first true or typical reticulated beetle (cupedine) to be found in Burmese amber displaying male genitalia. Highlights: A new archaic beetle is described from mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. It is the first cupedine (true cupedid) beetle from Burmese amber with male genitalia preserved. The genitalia resembling those of a rare, now relict Brazilian beetle.