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Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-347-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-347-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
Research article
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03 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 03 Nov 2021

Cretopachyderes gen. nov., a new remarkable click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Robin Kundrata, Alexander S. Prosvirov, Roger Long, and Gabriela Packova

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Although the Mesozoic Era played an important role in the evolution and diversification of Elateridae, the Cretaceous click-beetle fauna remains very poorly known. Here we describe Cretopachyderes burmitinus gen. et sp. nov. based on a single specimen from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. This species is remarkable for its extremely long posterior angles of pronotum, which is a unique character among fossil Elateridae.
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