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The first described fossil Oedemeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber

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Karol Szawaryn Open the ORCID record for Karol Szawaryn [Opens in a new window] ,
Elżbieta Sontag Open the ORCID record for Elżbieta Sontag [Opens in a new window]  and
Daniel Kubisz Open the ORCID record for Daniel Kubisz [Opens in a new window]
Karol Szawaryn*
Affiliation:
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland
Elżbieta Sontag
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland
Daniel Kubisz
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016, Kraków, Poland
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Abstract

Molecular dating estimates the appearance of the family Oedemeridae in the Early Cretaceous. Several fossil representatives are known from Spanish (105 Ma) and Myanmar (99 Ma) ambers. The family also has been mentioned by several authors to occur in Eocene Baltic amber, but virtually no species was described until now. Here, we provide a description of the first fossil oedemerid species from Eocene Baltic amber, which is classified within subfamily Oedemerinae, in the extant genus Oedemera Olivier as Oedemera (s. str.) girulskii n. sp. The presence of appendiculate pretarsal claws and relatively large eyes separate the new species from its extant congeners.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 96 , Issue 2 , March 2022 , pp. 375 - 378
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