Genus Palaeometopia Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007 (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae): atlas of extinct beetle taxa

A.G.Kirejtshuk

Genus Palaeometopia Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007 (type species: Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007, by original designation)

Composition:

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007 (Baltic amber)

Palaeometopia colorata Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007 (Baltic amber)

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007
Collection ZIN, paratype, male, ?С-7-401А?, body, from above;
Dominican amber, Lower Miocene
photo by H. Taylor
(H. Taylor, Natural History Museum in London)

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007
Collection by Oregon State University,
paratype, female, ?С-7-401С?, body, from below;
Dominican amber, Miocene
Photo by A.G.Kirejtshuk

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007
Collection by Oregon State University,
holotype, male, ?С-7-401В?, body from one side
Dominican amber, Miocene
Photo by A.G.Kirejtshuk

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007
Collection by Oregon State University,
paratype, female, ?С-7-401С?, body from one side
Dominican amber, Miocene
Photo by A.G.Kirejtshuk

Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007
Collection by Oregon State University,
paratype, female, body, from below
Dominican amber, Miocene
photo by H. Taylor
(H. Taylor, Natural History Museum in London)

Literature:

(Look also at the pageSystematic list of fossil beetles of Cupedina, Carabina и Scarabaeina (1 part)

and also essay on dried fruit beetles.

Кирейчук А.Г. Пойнар Дж. 2007. Виды двух палеоэндемичных родов жуков-блестянок трибы Nitidulini (Nitidulidae: Coleoptera) из балтийского и доминиканского янтаря. Палеонтологический журнал, N 6: 39-49. (английский перевод: Kirejtshuk A.G. & Poinar G. 2007. Species of two palaeoendemic genera of sap beetles of the tribe Nitidulini (Nitidulidae: Coleoptera) in Baltic and Dominican amber. Palaeontological Journal, 41, 6: 629-641).

Scudder S.H. 1877. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel (British Columbia). Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1875-1876. 266-280.