Cretobrachygluta gen. nov., the first and oldest Brachyglutini in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Stránky	101-106
DOI	10.2478/aemnp-2019-0008
Klíčová slova	Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, fossil, Burmese amber, taxonomy, character evolution
Citace	YIN, Zi-Wei, KURBATOV, Sergey A., CUCCODORO, Giulio a CAI, Chen-Yang. Cretobrachygluta gen. nov., the first and oldest Brachyglutini in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2019, 59(1), 101-106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0008. ISSN 0374-1036 (print), 1804-6487 (online). Dostupné také z: https://publikace.nm.cz/periodicke-publikace/aemnp/59-1/cretobrachygluta-gen-nov-the-first-and-oldest-brachyglutini-in-mid-cretaceous-amber-from-myanmar-coleoptera-staphylinidae-pselaphinae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2019/59/1

A new fossil genus and species of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), †Cretobrachygluta laurasiensis gen. et sp. nov., is described based on an exquisitely preserved specimen in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. The new genus possesses a series of characters diagnostic of the extant Brachyglutini: Brachyglutina (supertribe Goniaceritae), but it also exhibits several plesiomorphic traits that suggest a basal position within the tribe. The discovery of the first and oldest brachyglutine beetle in Burmese amber considerably improves our understanding of the early morphological evolution of Pselaphinae during the Mesozoic Era.

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