A new Eocene <i>Bacanius</i> species (Histeridae: Dendrophilinae)  from Baltic amber

Alekseev, Vitalii I.; Bukejs, Andris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-93-2021

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-93-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-93-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

Research article

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07 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 07 Apr 2021

A new Eocene Bacanius species (Histeridae: Dendrophilinae) from Baltic amber

Vitalii I. Alekseev and Andris Bukejs

Video supplement

Bacanius gorskii Alekseev et Bukejs sp. nov., holotype, 8619 [CAG], X-ray micro-CT volume rendering of the habitus. Andris Bukejs https://doi.org/10.5446/49327

Bacanius gorskii Alekseev et Bukejs sp. nov., holotype, 8619 [CAG], X-ray micro-CT volume rendering of the antenna. Andris Bukejs https://doi.org/10.5446/49328

Short summary

Clown beetles (Histeridae) are insufficiently studied in fossil resins. The aim of the present research is to describe a new species of Bacaniini from Eocene Baltic amber. The specimen is studied using X-ray micro-computed tomography, imaged and compared with fossil and extant related beetles. A mixed sporophagous–predaceous diet in rotten wood of fallen and standing trees was assumed to be the ecological niche for the fossil species.