An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
ABSTRACT Tenebrionoids are not uncommon in late Mesozoic ambers, but their paleodiversity remains poorly explored, partly due to the insufficiently defined families of the extant fauna. Here, we describe and illustrate a new tenebrionoid beetle from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber, Glyphonotum hsiaoi ge...
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| author | Yan‐Da Li Darren A. Pollock M. Andrew Johnston Di‐Ying Huang Chen‐Yang Cai |
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| description | ABSTRACT Tenebrionoids are not uncommon in late Mesozoic ambers, but their paleodiversity remains poorly explored, partly due to the insufficiently defined families of the extant fauna. Here, we describe and illustrate a new tenebrionoid beetle from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber, Glyphonotum hsiaoi gen. et sp. nov., which exhibits an unusual form of pronotal sulcus and tarsi. Based on morphological comparison and phylogenetic analyses, we tentatively place Glyphonotum in the extant family Pythidae, representing the first Mesozoic fossil of this family. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2dac0eec439c4fb9ad981e99ee0c0eda2024-12-27T11:24:39ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582024-12-011412n/an/a10.1002/ece3.70615An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)Yan‐Da Li0Darren A. Pollock1M. Andrew Johnston2Di‐Ying Huang3Chen‐Yang Cai4State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing ChinaDepartment of Biology Eastern New Mexico University Portales New Mexico USADepartment of Entomology Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USAState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing ChinaABSTRACT Tenebrionoids are not uncommon in late Mesozoic ambers, but their paleodiversity remains poorly explored, partly due to the insufficiently defined families of the extant fauna. Here, we describe and illustrate a new tenebrionoid beetle from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber, Glyphonotum hsiaoi gen. et sp. nov., which exhibits an unusual form of pronotal sulcus and tarsi. Based on morphological comparison and phylogenetic analyses, we tentatively place Glyphonotum in the extant family Pythidae, representing the first Mesozoic fossil of this family.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70615CretaceousfossilKachin amberparsimonyphylogenetic analysisTenebrionoidea |
| spellingShingle | Yan‐Da Li Darren A. Pollock M. Andrew Johnston Di‐Ying Huang Chen‐Yang Cai An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) Ecology and Evolution Cretaceous fossil Kachin amber parsimony phylogenetic analysis Tenebrionoidea |
| title | An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |
| title_full | An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |
| title_fullStr | An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |
| title_short | An Enigmatic Cretaceous Beetle in Kachin Amber With Tentative Affinities to Pythidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |
| title_sort | enigmatic cretaceous beetle in kachin amber with tentative affinities to pythidae coleoptera tenebrionoidea |
| topic | Cretaceous fossil Kachin amber parsimony phylogenetic analysis Tenebrionoidea |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70615 |
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