New species of the genus Trixagus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera: Throscidae) from the lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France)

A.V. Kovalev, A.G. Kirejtshuk and A. Nel

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2012, 316(1): 83–88 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2012.316.1.83

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Abstract

Trixagus majusculus sp. nov., the third fossil representative of the genus of the elaterioid family Throscidae: Throscinae is described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France). The new species is compared with both extinct and extant species of the genus. “Throscus (?)” peritulus Cockerell, 1925 is excluded from the family Throscidae and a review of the available fossil representatives of this family is given.

Key words

amber, Coleoptera, Insecta, France, Lowermost Eocene, new species, Throscidae, Trixagus

Submitted January 30, 2012 · Accepted February 27, 2012 · Published March 23, 2012

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