New jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia

2009/05/01 by A. V. Alexeev · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Forest Insect Ecology and Management #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

paper · doi:10.1134/s0031030109030058

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Abstract

A new jewel beetle genus, with one species ( Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica gen. et sp. nov.) from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan is described based on a body; and three new species of the formal genus Metabuprestium are described based on isolated elytra: Metabuprestium sibiricum sp. nov. and M. arkagalense sp. nov. come from the Arkagala locality (Upper Cretaceous of Russia) and M. ichbogdense sp. nov. is from the Shar Tologoi locality (Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia).

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