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Protoliota paleus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) - new long antennae beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

  • 1. Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA;
  • 2. 14609 Pebblestone Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20905, USA; E-mail: trainofstories@gmail.com;
  • 3. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia; & Altai State University, Lenina Street 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. & Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.

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Jr., George Poinar, Vega, Fernando E., Legalov, Andrei A. (2023): Protoliota paleus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) - new long antennae beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 67-78, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.9

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