Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

A new fossil genus and species of Cantharidae, Nothotytthonyxserratus Li, Biffi, Kundrata & Cai gen. et sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is tentatively attributed to the extant subfamily Malthininae based on a combination of characters, including the symme...

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Autores principales: Li, Yan-Da, Biffi, Gabriel, Kundrata, Robin, Huang, Di-Ying, Cai, Chen-Yang
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.81701
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author Li, Yan-Da
Biffi, Gabriel
Kundrata, Robin
Huang, Di-Ying
Cai, Chen-Yang
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Biffi, Gabriel
Kundrata, Robin
Huang, Di-Ying
Cai, Chen-Yang
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description A new fossil genus and species of Cantharidae, Nothotytthonyxserratus Li, Biffi, Kundrata & Cai gen. et sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is tentatively attributed to the extant subfamily Malthininae based on a combination of characters, including the symmetrical apical maxillary palpomeres, shortened elytra, pronotum with arched margins and well-defined borders, tibiae with apical spurs, and tarsal claws simple, although its well-developed gonostyli are atypical in Malthininae. The discovery of Nothotytthonyx also suggests a possible Gondwanan origin for Malthininae.
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spelling pubmed-90054942022-05-17 Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar Li, Yan-Da Biffi, Gabriel Kundrata, Robin Huang, Di-Ying Cai, Chen-Yang Zookeys Research Article A new fossil genus and species of Cantharidae, Nothotytthonyxserratus Li, Biffi, Kundrata & Cai gen. et sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is tentatively attributed to the extant subfamily Malthininae based on a combination of characters, including the symmetrical apical maxillary palpomeres, shortened elytra, pronotum with arched margins and well-defined borders, tibiae with apical spurs, and tarsal claws simple, although its well-developed gonostyli are atypical in Malthininae. The discovery of Nothotytthonyx also suggests a possible Gondwanan origin for Malthininae. Pensoft Publishers 2022-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9005494/ /pubmed/35586289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.81701 Text en Yan-Da Li, Gabriel Biffi, Robin Kundrata, Di-Ying Huang, Chen-Yang Cai https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Li, Yan-Da
Biffi, Gabriel
Kundrata, Robin
Huang, Di-Ying
Cai, Chen-Yang
Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title_full Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title_fullStr Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title_short Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
title_sort nothotytthonyx, a new genus of malthininae (coleoptera, cantharidae) from mid-cretaceous amber of northern myanmar
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.81701
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