A new fossil genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: A probable case of adaptive convergence. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fanti, Fabrizio; Ellenberger, Sieghard
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 92(2018)
• Page Start: 201
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Cretaceous -- Burmite -- Myanmar -- Gondwana -- New taxa -- Adaptive convergence; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burmite). The new species belongs to the subfamily Cantharinae Imhoff, 1856, especially the last urites in a kind of fishtail are, similar to the representatives of tribe Ichthyurini Champion, 1915, subfamily Chauliognathinae LeConte, 1861, whose taxa are currently found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere and the Oriental region. This peculiar aspect makes us assume that we are dealing with a probable case of adaptive convergence and confirms that the arthropods (and plants) in Burmese amber have many similarities with the faunas of Gondwana.