A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 29 Jun 2018Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 4,442 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Bukejs, Andris; Alekseev, Vitalii I.;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.8

pmid: 30313988

A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

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Abstract

Fossil records of Scarabaeidae in Eocene amber deposits are scarce. Previously, only three species were known from Baltic amber. Based on well-preserved specimens, an additional extinct species of Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Ataenius damzeni Bukejs & Alekseev, new species is described and illustrated from this Lagerstätte. A key to the species of Scarabaeidae that have been described from European Eocene amber is provided.

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Daugavpils University
Latvia
Kaliningrad State Technical University
Russian Federation

Keywords

Baltic States, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Fossils, Animalia, Animals, Biodiversity, Scarabaeidae, Taxonomy, Amber

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