HÁVA J. & PROKOP J. 2004: New fossil dermestid-beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from the Dominican amber, with an appendix listing known fossil species of this family. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68: 173-182.

  • Author(s): Háva, Jiří; Prokop, Jan
  • Title:
    New fossil dermestid-beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from the Dominican amber of the Greater Antilles, with an appendix listing known fossil species of this family
  • Journal Title: Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue: 3
  • Page(s): 173-182
  • Date: 2004-12-30
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  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [Open Access]
  • Abstract:
    Five fossil beetles of the family Dermestidae from the Dominican amber (Oligocene – Miocene) of the Central America are described and illustrated, i.e. Amberoderma beali gen. nov. et sp. nov., Attagenus ambericus sp. nov., Cryptorhopalum ambericum sp. nov., C. dominicanum sp. nov. and C. jantaricum sp. nov. Cryptorhopalum electron Beal, 1972 previously known from the Mexican amber is newly recorded from the Dominican amber. The check-list of world fossil Dermestidae is included.
  • Document Type: Journal Article
  • Citation Key: HavaProkop2004

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