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Research Project: Develop Pest Management Technologies and Strategies to Control the Coffee Berry Borer

Location: Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory

Title: A new species of the genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Author
item POINAR, GEORGE - Oregon State University
item Vega, Fernando
item LEGALOV, ANDREI - Russian Academy Of Sciences

Submitted to: Biosis: Biological Systems
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/2/2021
Publication Date: 8/18/2021
Citation: Poinar, G.O., Vega, F.E., Legalov, A.A. 2021. A new species of the genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Biosis: Biological Systems. 2(3):1–5.

Interpretive Summary: A new species of Coleoptera is described from Burmese amber. The specimen exhibits curious reddish-yellow spots of various sizes, which in some areas appear to merge with one another. The morphological features of the fossil add to the diversity of Coleoptera and will be of interest to entomologists.

Technical Abstract: In this article, a new species of the genus Amberophytum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 of the family Cerophytidae from mid- Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. The new species, A. maculatum s.n. differs from A. birmanicum Yu, Slipinski et Pang, 2019 in the smaller body size, shorter metatarsomere 1, and more convex body. A key to the species of the genus Amberophytum is presented.