New Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber
Author
Alekseev, Vitalii I.
Author
Bukejs, Andris
text
Zootaxa
2016
4178
3
409
427
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.6
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1175-5326
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Pycnomerus simukovi
Alekseev, 2015
(
Figs 28–29
)
Material examined.
One specimen with collection number 331 [
CAG
],
Baltic
amber,
Gdańsk
,
Poland
.
Complete
beetle is included in small, transparent, subrectangular amber piece (15 × 11 ×
3 mm
), that is yellowish in colour, and preserved without supplementary fixation.
Ventral
portion of specimen is partially obscured by “milky” opacity within amber.
Syninclusions
consist of few stellate
Fagaceae
trichomes and small gas vesicles.
Note.
Body length of beetle is
3.1 mm
; rufous. This specimen has pronotal punctation sparser than in the holotype.