New genus Ennoticus from the Upper Cretaceous of Taimyr (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)
- Authors: Lyubarsky G.Y.1, Perkovsky E.E.2
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Affiliations:
- Zoological Museum
- Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
- Issue: Vol 51, No 2 (2017)
- Pages: 191-195
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166995
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030117020083
- ID: 166995
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Abstract
Ennoticus mnemosynon gen. et sp. nov. is described from Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Taimyr amber. The new genus belongs to the tribe Cryptophagini and seems similar to the extant genus Mnionomidius, but differs from it in the presence of femoral lines. The new genus is similar to the tribe Caenoscelini in the presence of femoral lines, but differs from it in the parallel-sided tibia and weakly serrated lateral border of the pronotum. The new taxon is the most ancient representative of Cryptophaginae with femoral lines, an important distinctive feature.
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G. Yu. Lyubarsky
Zoological Museum
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Email: lgeorgy@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow, 125009
E. E. Perkovsky
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Email: lgeorgy@rambler.ru
Ukraine, ul. Bogdana Khmel’nitskogo 15, Kiev, 01030 01601