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The first cupedine beetle from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cupedidae)

Edmund Aleksander JARZEMBOWSKI, Bo WANG & Daran ZHENG

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 16 (3) - Pages 241-247

Published on 31 May 2017

A rare archaic beetle, Mallecupes qingqingae gen. et sp. n., (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. It shows affinity with Paracupes found in South America today and ‘Paracupes’ found in North America during the Cretaceous. Archostemata are diverse in Burmese amber.


Keywords:

Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cretaceous, Coleoptera, Archostemata, Cupedidae, Mallecupes gen. n.

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