New fossil cylindrical bark beetle (Zopheridae: Colydiinae: Gempylodini) from Eocene Baltic amber: An abnormal or intermediate form within Tenebrionoidea

Alekseev, Vitalii I.; Alekseev, P. I.

doi:10.26879/963

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“…As listed by Bullis (2020), all pre-Quaternary fossils of Colydiinae were discovered from amber deposits, with the earliest ones from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Most of the colydiines from Eocene Baltic amber were assigned to extant genera (Alekseev & Lord, 2014;Alekseev, 2015;Alekseev & Bukejs, 2016; but see also Alekseev & Alekseev, 2019;Alekseev & Pankowski, 2020). By contrast, all previous reported colydiines from Kachin amber were placed in extinct genera (e.g., Deng et al, 2017;Poinar Jr. & Vega, 2020;Cheng et al, 2021;.…”

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A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae)

Li,

Jin,

Ślipiński

et al. 2024

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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A fossil species of the extant colydiine genus Bulasconotus Ślipiński & Lawrence, B. carinisternus Li, Ślipiński & Cai sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. The new species shares with extant Bulasconotus the 3-segmented antennal club, externally open procoxal cavities, and similar sculpture on the pronotum and elytra, but could be recognized by the medially carinated prosternal process. The present discovery provides a valuable example of morphological stasis in the cylindrical bark beetles.

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A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae)

Li,

Jin,

Ślipiński

et al. 2024

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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“…Remarks: There are no extant or extinct genera of beetles in the current classification of the Zopheridae that have the type of dorsal protuberances found on S. saraemcheana gen. et sp. nov. (Crowson, 1956;Dillon & Dillon, 1961;Hatch, 1971;White, 1983;Borror et al, 1989;Lawrence & Britton, 1991;Alekseev & Lord, 2014;Alekseev, 2015;Alekseev & Bukeja, 2016;Ivie et al, 2016;Alekseev & Alekseev, 2019;Bullis, 2020). The elongate body of S. saraemcheana gen. et sp.…”

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A New Genus of Cylindrical Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

Poinar

Vega

2020

Biosis:Biol. Syst.

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A bizarre cylindrical bark beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described as Stegastochlidus saraemcheana, a new genus and species in the subfamily Colydiinae of the family Zopheridae. The male beetle is characterized by elongate protuberances covering its entire dorsal surface, a tarsal formula of 4-4-4 and ten-segmented antennae with the terminal segment expanded into a small club. The fossil is considered to have been a possible predator that lived among moss, lichens and fungi either attached to trees trunks or on the forest floor. A close association with fungi is indicated by strands of conidia attached to the cuticle of the beetle.

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“…The resulting findings of representatives from still living genera in amber could be especially useful for palaeoclimatologic, palaeoecologic and zoogeographic implications (Bogri et al, 2020;Bukejs & Legalov, 2019;Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019;Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2020, etc. ), whereas the study of findings of the palaeoendemic taxa, assignable to extinct genera or even taxa of higher levels, is more important for the study of the evolution of appropriate groups of beetles and research of the evolutionary trends of certain morphological characters within the groups (e.g., Alekseev & Alekseev, 2019;Kundrata et al, 2020;Schmidt et al, 2019;Tshernyshev, 2020 etc. ).…”

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<p><strong>A new fossil genus of the tribe Synchitini Erichson (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) from Eocene Baltic amber</strong></p>

Alekseev

Pankowski²

2020

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A new extinct monotypic genus and species of the cylindrical bark beetles, Semicoxelus sontagae gen. et sp. nov., is described and figured based on an inclusion in Baltic amber. The new representative from the Eocene is classified within the synchitine tribe and placed near the morphologically close extant genera, including Coxelus Dejean, Diodesma Latreille and Notocoxelus Ślipiński & Lawrence. The description and comparison of the new fossil are accompanied by a brief discussion focusing on an interesting morphological character of cylindrical bark beetles: the presence/absence of interfacetal setae on the eyes.

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New fossil cylindrical bark beetle (Zopheridae: Colydiinae: Gempylodini) from Eocene Baltic amber: An abnormal or intermediate form within Tenebrionoidea

Cited by 4 publications

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A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae)

A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae)

A New Genus of Cylindrical Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

<p><strong>A new fossil genus of the tribe Synchitini Erichson (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) from Eocene Baltic amber</strong></p>

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