Prionocerites tattriei gen. and sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Prionoceridae) are described from Eocene amber associated with the Hat Creek Coal Formation, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada. This is the first occurrence of the family Prionoceridae in the fossil record and from the Western Hemisphere.
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1 December 2008
A New Species of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from the Eocene of British Columbia, Canada
John F. Lawrence,
S. Bruce Archibald,
Adam Ślipiński
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Canada
Cleroidea
Eocene
Hat Creek Coal Formation
new genus
new species
Prionoceridae