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New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Epuraeinae, Cybocephalinae) from the Baltic amber

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A new genus, Baltoraea gen. nov., two new species of this genus, B. insignis sp. nov. and B. simillima sp. nov., and three other new species, Cybocephalus (Cybocephalus) balticus sp. nov., C. (C.) electricus sp. nov. and C. (C.) kerneggeri sp. nov. are described from the Late Eocene Baltic amber. The systematic position of the genus Baltoraea and presumable bionomics of the new sap beetles are discussed.

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  1. Samara State University, ul. Akad. Pavlova 1, Samara, 443011, Russia

    A. S. Kurochkin

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. G. Kirejtshuk

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kurochkin, A.G. Kirejtshuk, 2010, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, No. 5, pp. 54–63.

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Kurochkin, A.S., Kirejtshuk, A.G. New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Epuraeinae, Cybocephalinae) from the Baltic amber. Paleontol. J. 44, 534–545 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030110050084

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