Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar)

Evidence of behavior is rarely found in fossil record. Here we describe two new species in Coleoptera tentatively described in Kateretidae based on two syninclusions (co-occurrences of multiple individuals) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar). Cretaretes minimus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on 41 fossil beetle specimens together in one piece of fossil resin and Eoceniretes antiquus sp. nov. is also described based on 41 fossil...