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Macratria appendiculata (abduLLah, 1964), holotype BMNh (photo: P. hurst, © BMNh). 1 -habitus (dorsal), 2 -forebody (dorsal), 3 -habitus (lateral).
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A new species of Macratriinae (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from Baltic amber is described
and illustrated – Macratria alleni sp. nov. The genus Protomacratria Abdull ah, 1964
is placed as a junior synonym of Macratria Newman, 1838. A key to fossil species of Macratriinae
is presented for the first time. Additional information on known species of Baltic...
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... Oisegenius antiquus Kirejtshuk et Nel, 2008 [MNHN] Kirejtshuk and Nel, 2008;Kirejtshuk, 2002Brasero et al., 2009;Nel and Brasero, 2010 Abdullah, 1964, 1969, Telnov, 2012b Baltic amber Eocene 37.2-33.9 ...
... Macratria appendiculata (Abdullah, 1964) [BMNH] Abdullah, 1964: as Protomacratria, 1975Larsson, 1978: as Protomacratria;Spahr, 1981: as Protomacratria;Kubisz, 2000: as Protomacratria;Kirejtshuk, 2002Telnov, 2012b;Alekseev, 2013 Baltic amber Eocene 37.2-33.9 ...
... Macratria succinia Abdullah, 1965 [GPIH] Abdullah, 1965Abdullah, , 1975Larsson, 1978;Spahr, 1981;Kirejtshuk, 2002Telnov, 2011Telnov, , 2012bAlekseev, 2013: as M. succinea [sic!] Baltic amber Eocene 37.2-33.9 ...
Despite the increasing rate of systematic research on extant tenebrionoid Coleoptera
of the Anthicidae and Ischaliidae, their fossil records remained largely unrevised.
In the current paper we review all hitherto named ant-like flower beetles and false firecoloured
beetles fossils. We suggest 17 fossil species can be reliably assigned to the
Anthicidae and three species to the Ischaliidae. We proposed new placements for two
fossil Anthicidae taxa: Petratypus nigri Kaddumi, 2005 moved from Anthicidae to Cucujiformia
Familia incertae sedis and “Eurygenius” wickhami Cockerell, 1917 is redescribed
and moved from Eurygeniinae Anthicidae to Tenebrionoidea Familia and
Genus incertae sedis. Additionally, three new species are described from Eocene Baltic
amber, namely Nitorus succinius sp. nov., Steropes eleticinoides sp. nov. and
Tomoderus saecularis sp. nov. An annotated catalogue of fossil Anthicidae and Ischaliidae
is provided. We made a qualitative analysis of available data, evaluated the distribution
of fossils in the light of current biogeography and geological time. The oldest
hitherto known fossil record of the Anthicidae is 130.0–125.5 Ma (same for Macratriinae),
of the Anthicinae – 37.2–33.9 Ma, of the Eurygeniinae – 55.8–48.6 Ma, of the
Notoxinae, Steropinae and Tomoderinae – 37.2–33.9 Ma. The oldest hitherto know fossil
record of the Ischaliidae is 37.2–33.9 Ma.
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... sp. References: Klebs (1910); Bachofen-Echt (1949); Abdullah (1964); Larsson (1978); Spahr (1981); Kirejtshuk (2002);Telnov (2012b;2013). ...
Checklist is presented for the Anthicidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described or recorded from Baltic amber.
Descriptions of the following five new species of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 are presented based on the material mainly from the Natural History Museum London: Macratria bugle sp. nov. (Panama), M. conlei sp. nov. (Ecuador), M. florsavichi sp. nov. (Panama), M. guaymi sp. nov. (Panama) and M. tiriyo sp. nov. (Guyana / Suriname). New distribution records for the Central American Macratria obsoleta Champion, 1890 are also provided.
Descriptions of the following 16 new species of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 are presented based on the material from various scientific institutions: Macratria anus, M. bimaculosa, M. bonggo, M. koiari, M. korowai, M. kundratai, M. longitarsis, M. perkovskyi, M. ripicola, M. roosilehti, M. saccharum, M. sentani, M. spatulatocalcarata, M. susuami, M. tigrina, M. tongkonan spp. nov. New distribution records of eight Macratria Newman, 1838 species are provided.
Checklist is presented for the Anthicidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described or recorded from Lebanese amber.
