Fifth Baltic amber representative of Atomaria Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) and an identification key to Eocene species

Lyubarsky, Georgy Yu.; Legalov, Andrei A.; Vasilenko, Dmitry V.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.04.859

Fifth Baltic amber representative of Atomaria Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) and an identification key to Eocene species

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Authors

Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky ¹

Andrei A. Legalov ²^{, 3}

Dmitry V. Vasilenko ⁴

Evgeny E. Perkovsky ⁵

¹ Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya str., 2, Moscow 125009, Russia

² Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia

³ Tomsk State University, Prospekt Lenina, 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia

⁴ Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117647, Russia

⁵ Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, Denmark

10.48311/jibs.12.04.859

Abstract

A new extinct species of the genus Atomaria Stephens, 1829 from Baltic amber is described and illustrated: A. (Anchicera) rasnitsyni sp. nov. from Baltic amber. It is the tenth species of the genus Atomaria from the Eocene amber fauna and the fifth species from Baltic amber. The new species is distinguished by the combination of morphological features, particularly the length of the antennae and the shape of the pronotum. An updated key to the species of Atomaria known from Eocene ambers is presented. The ecological characteristics of the subgenera of Atomaria and their possible influence on the representation of these beetles in Eocene ambers are also discussed. Cryptophagids (19 species) are the most diverse group of mycophagous beetles in European amber.

Graphical Abstract

Fifth Baltic amber representative of Atomaria Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) and an identification key to Eocene species

Keywords

Atomariinae

Anchicera

Cretaceous

Mycophagy

Priabonian

Subjects

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