Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions

The present study provides a description of a new subfamily Libanopsinae subfam. nov. with the new genus Libanopsis gen. nov. and five new species (L. poinari sp. nov., L. impexa sp. nov., L. limosa sp. nov., L. straminea sp. nov., L. slipinskii sp. nov.) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. This extinct subfamily is rather isolated from other subfamilies of the family Sphindidae and shares many external structural features with the extant...