Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia. Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii square 1, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia.
Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 27;4965(1):zootaxa.4965.1.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.7.
Six new extinct representatives of the family Melandryidae, namely Electroxylita chronographica gen. et sp. nov., Madelinia capillata sp. nov., Microscapha kugelanni sp. nov., Phloiotrya inmarinata sp. nov., Symphora pollocki sp. nov., and S. glaesonauta sp. nov. are described from inclusions in Eocene Baltic amber. Twenty-eight additional fossil specimens of melandryid beetles belonging to ten species are reported. A list of Melandryidae described from Baltic amber is compiled and an identification key is provided.
六种新的灭绝的 Melandryidae 科代表,即 Electroxylita chronographica gen. et sp. nov.、Madelinia capillata sp. nov.、Microscapha kugelanni sp. nov.、Phloiotrya inmarinata sp. nov.、Symphora pollocki sp. nov. 和 S. glaesonauta sp. nov.,是从始新世波罗的海琥珀中的内含物中描述的。还报告了属于十个物种的 28 个额外的 melandryid 甲虫化石标本。编制了波罗的海琥珀中描述的 Melandryidae 清单,并提供了鉴定钥匙。