PERKOVSKY E. E., HÁVA J. & ZAITSEV A. A. 2021: First Finding of Skin Beetle (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Sakhalinian Amber. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2021(2): 184-192 (in Russian) [Translated to English: Paleontological Journal 55(2): 69-76].

  • Author(s): Perkovsky, E. E.; Háva, J.; Zaitsev, A. A.
  • Title:
    The First Finding of a Skin Beetle (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Sakhalinian Amber
  • Journal Title: Paleontological Journal
  • DOI: 10.1134/S0031030121020118
  • URL: https://link.springer.com/10.1134/S0031030121020118
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue: 2
  • Page(s): 184-192
  • Date: 2021-03-XX
  • Abstract:
    Trogoderma ainu sp. nov. (Dermestidae; Megatominae) is described from the middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber. It is the first dermestid known from the Eocene of Asia and the second Trogoderma species from amber. The genus Trogoderma is known in fossil resins only in the preimaginal state. Fossil dermestid records are listed.
  • ISSN: 0031-0301, 1555-6174
  • Document Type: Journal Article
  • Language: english
  • Citation Key: perkovsky_first_2021

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