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Description of the male of fossil Calomicrus eocenicus Bukejs et Bezděk (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Eocene Baltic amber using X-ray microtomography
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University,
Vienības 13, Daugavpils, 5401, Latvia
Jan Bezděk
Department of Zoology, Mendel University, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Vitalii I. Alekseev
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, Moscow 117997, Russia
Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii square 1,
Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
Kristaps Kairišs
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University,
Vienības 13, Daugavpils, 5401, Latvia
Ryan C. McKellar
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St., Regina, SK, S4P 4W7,
Canada
Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2,
Canada
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Short summary
A male of the extinct leaf-beetle species Calomicrus eocenicus embedded in Baltic amber is found and compared with an earlier known female. The beetle genitalia are illustrated in detail using X-ray microtomography. The male is smaller than female and has a modified last abdominal segment. The extinct species (about 40 million years old) possesses typical sexual characters which are similar to the characters of extant beetles within the group.
A male of the extinct leaf-beetle species Calomicrus eocenicus embedded in Baltic amber is found...
