A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae)

Authors

  • Yan-Da Li Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology. Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; University of Bristol. School of Earth Sciences. Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group. Bristol, United Kingdom https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9439-202X
  • Zhen-Yu Jin Yangtze University. Agricultural College. Institute of Entomology. Jingzhou, Hubei, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0245-0622
  • Adam Ślipiński Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). Canberra, ACT, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-8068
  • Di-Ying Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-4867
  • Chen-Yang Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology. Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-8323

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.015

Keywords:

Zopheridae, Colydiinae, Fossil, Cretaceous, Kachin amber

Abstract

A fossil species of the extant colydiine genus Bulasconotus Ślipiński & Lawrence, B. carinisternus Li, Ślipiński & Cai sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. The new species shares with extant Bulasconotus the 3-segmented antennal club, externally open procoxal cavities, and similar sculpture on the pronotum and elytra, but could be recognized by the medially carinated prosternal process. The present discovery provides a valuable example of morphological stasis in the cylindrical bark beetles.

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Li, Y.-D., Jin, Z.-Y., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D.-Y., & Cai, C.-Y. (2024). A new species of the extant genus Bulasconotus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 64, e202464015. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.015