Alekseev Vitalii I, Grzymala Traci L
Department of Zootechny, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky av. 1. 236000, Kaliningrad, Russia.; Email:
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California, Berkeley 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 May 8;3956(2):239-57. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.5.
Nine extinct species and one genus of aderid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae) are described from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber from Germany, Russia (Kaliningrad), Poland, and Denmark. These new species include: Escalerosia igori sp. nov., Picemelinus irinae sp. nov., Vanonus ulmerigicus sp. nov., Vanonus aestiorum sp. nov., Cnopus kraxtepellenensis sp. nov., and four species from the extinct genus Palaeocnopus gen. nov.: P. densipunctatus sp. nov., P. saeticornis sp. nov., P. glabricornis sp. nov., and P. mara sp. nov. A key to the species of Palaeocnopus in amber is provided. The newly described taxa of these ant-like leaf beetles are photographed, illustrated, and compared with extinct and related extant representatives of the genera.
从德国、俄罗斯(加里宁格勒)、波兰和丹麦的波罗的海琥珀和比特费尔德琥珀中描述了9种已灭绝的阿德氏甲虫(鞘翅目:拟步甲总科:阿德甲科)及1个属。这些新物种包括:新种伊戈尔埃斯卡莱罗西亚甲虫(Escalerosia igori sp. nov.)、新种伊琳娜皮克梅利努斯甲虫(Picemelinus irinae sp. nov.)、新种乌尔默里吉库斯瓦诺努斯甲虫(Vanonus ulmerigicus sp. nov.)、新种奥斯特里瓦诺努斯甲虫(Vanonus aestiorum sp. nov.)、新种克拉克斯泰佩伦尼斯克诺普斯甲虫(Cnopus kraxtepellenensis sp. nov.),以及来自已灭绝的新属古克诺普斯属(Palaeocnopus gen. nov.)的4个物种:新种密点古克诺普斯甲虫(P. densipunctatus sp. nov.)、新种具鬃古克诺普斯甲虫(P. saeticornis sp. nov.)、新种光角古克诺普斯甲虫(P. glabricornis sp. nov.)和新种马拉古克诺普斯甲虫(P. mara sp. nov.)。提供了琥珀中古克诺普斯属物种的检索表。对这些类似蚂蚁的叶甲新描述的分类单元进行了拍照、绘图,并与该属已灭绝的和现存的相关代表物种进行了比较。