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Microbregma waldwico Bukejs & Alekseev 2015
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Description
Microbregma waldwico Bukejs & Alekseev, 2015 (Figs 3A–B)
Material examined. One specimen with collection number 1771-5 [CCHH], Baltic amber, Yantarny, Kaliningrad region, Russia. Complete beetle included in small, transparent, yellow amber piece with dimensions of 35×14× 7 mm. Syninclusions consist of three specimens of Sciaridae (Diptera), one specimen of Chironomidae (Diptera), one specimen of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera), and many stellate Fagaceae trichomes. Body length of beetle is 3.8 mm, and preserved color is dark brown.
Note. Body length in holotype of Microbregma waldwico is 4.6 mm.
Notes
Published as part of Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I., Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & Mckellar, Ryan C., 2017, Contributions to the palaeofauna of Ptinidae (Coleptera) known from Baltic amber, pp. 181-188 in Zootaxa 4344 (1) on page 185, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1042239
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bukejs & Alekseev
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Anobiidae
- Genus
- Microbregma
- Species
- waldwico
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microbregma waldwico Bukejs, 2015 sec. Bukejs, Alekseev, Cooper, King & Mckellar, 2017
References
- Bukejs, A. & Alekseev, V. I. (2015) A second Eocene species of death-watch beetle belonging to the genus Microbregma Seidlitz (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) with a checklist of fossil Ptinidae. Zootaxa, 3947 (4), 553 - 562. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3947.4.6