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1 June 2012 The First Fossil Bark-Gnawing Beetle from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
Yali Yu, Richard A. B. Leschen, Adam Slipinski, Dong Ren, Hong Pang
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Abstract

A new bark-gnawing beetle genus Sinopeltis gen. nov., with two species (S. jurrasica sp. nov. (type species) and Sinopeltis amoena sp. nov.), is described based on two well-preserved impression fossils. Specimens were collected from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Daohugou Village, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China from a lacustrine paleoenvironment, making it the oldest fossil of the family. Sinopeltis is placed into Peltinae incertae sedis.

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Yali Yu, Richard A. B. Leschen, Adam Slipinski, Dong Ren, and Hong Pang "The First Fossil Bark-Gnawing Beetle from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)," Annales Zoologici 62(2), 245-252, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345412X652765
Received: 7 May 2012; Accepted: 24 May 2012; Published: 1 June 2012
KEYWORDS
beetles
China
Coleoptera
Daohugou
insect fossil
Middle Jurassic
Trogossitidae
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