A New Species of the Genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

George O.  Poinar, Jr.; Fernando E. Vega; Andrei A.  Legalov

doi:10.37819/biosis.002.03.0125

A New Species of the Genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

George O. Poinar, Jr.

Fernando E. Vega

Andrei A. Legalov

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In this article, a new species of the genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 of the family Cerophytidae from mid- Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. The new species, A. maculatum s.n. differs from A. birmanicum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 in the smaller body size, shorter metatarsomere 1, and more convex body. A key to the species of the genus Amberophytum is presented.

Keywords: Cerophytidae New taxa Myanmar Cenomanian

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A New Species of the Genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. (2021). Biosis: Biological Systems, 2(3), 337-341. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.03.0125

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[1] Chang, H.L., Kirejtshuk, A.G., & Ren, D. (2011a). New genus and species of Cerophytidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa (Siberia). Cretaceous Research, 32, 700–704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.04.005

[2] Chang, H.L., Kirejtshuk, A.G., & Ren, D. (2011b). On taxonomy and distribution of fossil Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) with description of a new Mesozoic species of Necromera Martynov 1926. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 47, 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2011.10697694

[3] Costa, C., Vanin, S.A., & Rosa, S.P. (2014). Description of a new genus and species of Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Africa with a cladistic analysis of the family. Zootaxa, 3878, 248–260. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3878.3.2

[4] Costa, C., Vanin, S.A., Lawrence, J.F., & Ide, S. (2003). Systematics and cladistic analysis of Cerophytidae (Elateroidea: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology, 28, 375–407. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00219.x

[5] Cruickshank, R. D., & Ko, K. (2003). Geology of an amber locality in the Hukawng Valley, Northern Myanmar. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 21, 441–455. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1367-9120(02)00044-5

[6] Dolin, V.G. (1973). Fossil forms of click-beetles (Elateridae, Coleoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of central Asia. Fauna i biologiya nasekomykh Moldavii. Kishinev: Izdatel'stvo “Shtiintsa”, 71–82 (in Russian).

[7] Dolin, V.G., Panfilov, D.V., Ponomarenko, A.G., & Pritykina, L.N. (1980). Fossil insects of Mesozoic. Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1–135 (in Russian).

[8] Hong, Y.C., & Wang, W.L. (1990). From Insect Fossils of Laiyang Formation. The Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 105–120.

[9] Kundrata, R., & Jäch, M. (2017). Ptilodactyla crenatostriata Redtenbacher, 1868 (Coleoptera: Ptilodactylidae) transferred to Phytocerum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae). Zootaxa, 4324, 371–377. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.9

[10] Kyaw, T., & Khin, Z. (2017). Gem deposits of Myanmar. In: Barber A.J., Khin Z, Crow MJ (eds.). Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. 48. Geol Soc., London, 497–529. https://doi.org/10.1144/M48.23

[11] Lawrence, J. F., Beutel, R. G., Leschen, R. A. B., & Ślipiński, S. A. (2010). Glossary of Morphological Terms. Handbook of Zoology. Arthropoda: Insecta. Tb. 40: Coleoptera (Beetles). 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichformia, Cucujiformia partim), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110911213.9

[12] Martynov, A.V. (1926). To the knowledge of fossil insects from Jurassic beds in Turkestan 5. On some interesting Coleoptera. Ezhegodnik Russkogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshestva, 5, 1–39 (in Russian).

[13] Oberprieler, R.G., Ashman, L.G., Frese, M., & Ślipiński, A. (2016). The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia. Zootaxa, 4147, 177–191. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.5

[14] Ross, A. J. (2021). Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2020. Palaeoentomology, 4, 57–76. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.1.11

[15] Ross, A. J., Mellish, C., York, P., & Crighton, B. (2010). Burmese Amber. In: Penney D (ed.). Biodiversity of fossils in Amber from the major world deposits. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, 209-236.

[16] Shi, G., Grimaldi, D. A., Harlow, G. E., Wang, J., Wang, J., Yang, M., Lei, W., Li, Q., & Li, X. (2012). Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U–Pb dating of zircons. Cretaceous Research, 37, 155–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.014

[17] Yu, Y., Ślipiński, A., Lawrence, J.F., Yan, E., Dong, R., & Pang, H. (2019). Reconciling past and present: Mesozoic fossil record and a new phylogeny of the family Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Cretaceous Research, 99, 51–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.024

[18] Zherichin, V.V. (1977). Infraorder Elateriformia, Cucujiformia. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 161, 130–142 (in Russian).

[19] Zherikhin, V.V., & Ross, A. J. (2000). A review of the history, geology and age of Burmese amber 7(Burmite). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology), 56, 3–10.