The first species of the family Tetratomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber
Journal Title: Baltic Journal of Coleopterology - Year 2013, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
The first representative of the family Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820 is described from Eocene Baltic amber. Tetratoma nikitskyi sp. nov. is assigned to subgenus Abstrulia and differs from all known species of the subgenus by the structure of the antennae and prothorax.
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Vitaly I. Alekseev Alekseev
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