A representative of the extant East Asian genus Istrisia Lewis, I. vithlandica sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber of Europe. The described Salpinginae from this fossil resin are keyed. The landscape and habitats of the Baltic amber forest are discussed. The overall character of the beetle assemblage of Baltic amber fits best to lowland.
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14 July 2017
Third species of Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Salpingidae) from Baltic amber
Vitalii I. Alekseev
Palaeodiversity
Vol. 10 • No. 1
December 2017
Vol. 10 • No. 1
December 2017
beetles
Eocene
fossil resin
Istrisia
palaeoecosystem
Paleogene
Tertiary