Atomaria (Anchicera), Thomson, 1863

Lyubarsky, Georgy Yu. & Bukejs, Andris, 2022, TwonewfossilspeciesofthegenusAtomariaStephens (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Eocene European amber with a key to species described from fossil resins, Zootaxa 5188 (3), pp. 283-289 : 284

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5F0BCAF8-8397-418C-8882-8865B2086530

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7104989

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scientific name

Atomaria (Anchicera)
status

 

Subgenus Anchicera Thomson, 1863

Note. The fossil specimens under consideration are placed in Cryptophagidae based on antennae 11-segmented with 3-segmented loose club; tarsal formula 5-5-5; incomplete epipleura; elytra completely covering abdomen, with irregular punctation; procoxal cavities closed externally; tarsomeres simple, not lobed; and abdominal ventrite 1 longest. A new extinct species are assigned to the subgenus Anchicera within the genus Atomaria based on the combination of the following characters: distance between antennal insertions larger than distance between antennae and аnterior margin of eye; and lateral sides of elytra widely rounded, not parallel.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cryptophagidae

Genus

Atomaria

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