Open AccessFirst Artematopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)
Author(s) -
YanDa Li,
Robin Kundrata,
Diying Huang,
Chenyang Cai
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.6
Subject(s) - biology , cretaceous , extant taxon , burmese , phylogenetic tree , zoology , phylogenetic relationship , paleontology , botany , evolutionary biology , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , gene
Artematopodid fossils from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber are reported for the first time, represented by three species in two genera. Bipogonia Li, Kundrata & Cai gen. nov. with two species, B. trivialis Li, Kundrata & Cai sp. nov. and B. fortis Li, Kundrata & Cai sp. nov., is mainly characterized by the distinctly serrate antennae, mandibles with both apical and subapical teeth, and prosternum without paired longitudinal ridges. Carinibipogonia xiai Li, Kundrata & Cai gen. et sp. nov. shares with Bipogonia the distinctly serrate antennae and mandibles with both apical and subapical teeth but differs mainly in the prosternum with short paired longitudinal ridges. Based on their morphology, the two new genera might be related to the extant Allopogonia; however, this needs to be tested in the future with a phylogenetic framework.