Kekveus brevisulcatus sp. nov., a new featherwing beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

Kekveus brevisulcatus sp. nov., a new featherwing beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles) is a group of minute staphylinoid beetles with a scarce fossil record. Here a second member of the Mesozoic genus Kekveus Yamamoto et al. is reported from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with detailed morphology obtained through confocal microscopy. Kekveus brevisulcatu...

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Main Authors: Yan-Da Li, Shûhei Yamamoto, Alfred F. Newton, Chen-Yang Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-05-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Ptiliidae
Fossil
Phylogeny
Burmese amber
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/15306.pdf

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