Email this article A new genus of seed beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in Baltic amber
- Authors: Legalov A.A.1
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch
- Issue: Vol 50, No 1 (2016)
- Pages: 73-77
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166248
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116010056
- ID: 166248
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Abstract
The new genus and new species of seed beetles (Copeoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) Electrocaryedon poinari gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Late Eocene Baltic amber. This new genus differs from the genus Caryedon Schoenherr, 1823 in the completely separate procoxal cavities, not shortened lateral carina on pronotum, and wider body with sparse setae.
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A. A. Legalov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch
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Email: fossilweevils@gmail.com
Russian Federation, ul. Frunze 11, Novosibirsk, 630091
