The first representatives of Lucaninae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber based on two new species of Anisoodontus gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)

Preface: Cretaceous ecosystems trapped in amber

“…These all augment the 8 species in 5 genera newly described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber.Thus Peris (2020) reviews all Cretaceous amber Coleoptera and shows how beetles are a useful tool for studying community and trophic structure as well as generating evolutionary implications for the whole ecosystem. Additionally,Wu et al (2022) report the first occurrence of the Lucaninae (Coleoptera; stag beetles) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, suggesting an origin and early diversification of the subfamily before the Late Cretaceous Zhao et al (2021). review the termites (isopteran Blattodea) and related inclusions in Cretaceous amber, with insights into their early eusociality, feeding habits and associates (termitophiles), demonstrating their significance for understanding the termites' early evolution, ecology and behaviour Zheng (2021).…”

Oncelytris esquamatus gen. et sp. nov. from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

“…The earliest fossil of Lucanidae was documented from the Middle-Late Jurassic Daohugou biota (Nikolajev et al 2011). Recently three fossil genera have also been reported from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Cai et al 2017;Qiu et al 2017;Wu et al 2022). Here we describe a new lucanid fossil, Oncelytris esquamatus Li & Cai gen. et sp.…”