A New Tytthonyx LeConte (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Dominican Amber, with Notes on Diagnostic Characters of West Indian Cantharids with Short Elytra

Michael A. Ivie; Fabrizio Fanti; Vinicius S. Ferreira

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.577

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20 December 2022 A New Tytthonyx LeConte (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Dominican Amber, with Notes on Diagnostic Characters of West Indian Cantharids with Short Elytra

Michael A. Ivie, Fabrizio Fanti, Vinicius S. Ferreira

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The Coleopterists Bulletin, 76(4):577-583 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.577

Abstract

Tytthonyx milleri Ivie, Fanti, and Ferreira, new species (Cantharidae, Tytthonyxini) is described from Miocene Dominican amber. The new species is compared with the other two described fossil taxa of the genus, as well as two additional, undescribed Dominican amber cantharid species, and their morphology is discussed. A comparison of extant and fossil Tytthonyx LeConte and Caccodes Sharp is given.

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Michael A. Ivie, Fabrizio Fanti, and Vinicius S. Ferreira "A New Tytthonyx LeConte (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Dominican Amber, with Notes on Diagnostic Characters of West Indian Cantharids with Short Elytra," The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(4), 577-583, (20 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.577

Received: 19 March 2022; Accepted: 10 September 2022; Published: 20 December 2022

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