• Title of article

    The oldest representatives of the family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber

  • Author/Authors

    Kovalev، نويسنده , , Alexey V. and Kirejtshuk، نويسنده , , Alexander G. and Azar، نويسنده , , Dany، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    157
  • To page
    165
  • Abstract
    Two new genera and two new species of fossil Throscidae: Potergosoma gratiosa gen. et sp. nov. and Rhomboaspis laticollis gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber and are compared with extant and extinct genera. The described amber inclusions are the oldest known representatives of the family Throscidae. Some hypotheses on the phylogeny of the family Throscidae and the position of it in the superfamily Elateroidea are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Coleoptera , Throscidae , Lebanese amber , Lower Cretaceous , New genera and species
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Record number

    2303584