A new genus of silken-fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from the Spanish Cretaceous amber

Volume: 78, Pages: 191 - 195
Published: Oct 1, 2017
Abstract
The Cretaceous new species and genus Albocryptophagus cantabricus gen. et sp. n. is described based on a fossil specimen from the El Soplao amber deposit (Spain). The new genus is similar to the extant genera Cryptophagus and Micrambe, but differs from them in the transverse pedicel, anterior angles of pronotum, pronotal margin unmodified, pronotal pits absent and distance between metacoxae is 1/5 the width of the coxa. Albocryptophagus gen. n....
Paper Details
Title
A new genus of silken-fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from the Spanish Cretaceous amber
Published Date
Oct 1, 2017
Volume
78
Pages
191 - 195
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