Molecular dating estimates the appearance of the family Oedemeridae in the Early Cretaceous. Several fossil representatives are known from Spanish (105 Ma) and Myanmar (99 Ma) ambers. The family also has been mentioned by several authors to occur in Eocene Baltic amber, but virtually no species was described until now. Here, we provide a description of the first fossil oedemerid species from Eocene Baltic amber, which is classified within subfamily Oedemerinae, in the extant genus Oedemera Olivier as Oedemera (s. str.) girulskii n. sp. The presence of appendiculate pretarsal claws and relatively large eyes separate the new species from its extant congeners.
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11 April 2022
The first described fossil Oedemeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber
Karol Szawaryn,
Elżbieta Sontag,
Daniel Kubisz
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 96 • No. 2
March 2022
Vol. 96 • No. 2
March 2022