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Antarctotrechus[{{Cite journal |author1=Allan C. Ashworth |author2=Terry L. Erwin |year=2016 |title=Antarctotrechus balli sp. n. (Carabidae, Trechini): the first ground beetle from Antarctica |journal=ZooKeys |issue=635 |pages=109–122 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.635.10535 |pmid=27917060 |pmc=5126512 |bibcode=2016ZooK..635..109A |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ashworth & Erwin
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Probably Miocene
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Meyer Desert Formation
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Antarctica (Beardmore Glacier region)
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A ground beetle. The type species is A. balli.
|file:Antarctotrechus_balli.jpg |
Anthonomus dilatofemurus[{{cite journal |author1=A. A. Legalov |author2=G. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=A new species of the genus Anthonomus Germar (Curculionidae) in Mexican amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=986–990 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090069 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..986L |s2cid=90854238 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Legalov in Legalov & Poinar
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Tertiary
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A species of Anthonomus.
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Apriacma|
Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Early Cretaceous
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Yixian Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A reticulated beetle. The type species is "Priacma" tuberculosa Tan, Ren & Shin (2006); genus also includes "Priacma" clavata Tan, Ren & Shin (2006), "Priacma" renaria Tan, Ren & Shin (2006) and possibly "Priacma" latidentata Tan, Ren & Shin (2006).
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Archaeoeugnomus[{{cite journal |author=A. A. Legalov |year=2016 |title=New weevils (Curculionidae) in Baltic amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=970–985 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090057 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..970L |s2cid=91084005 }}]
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Gen et sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Curculionidae. The type species is A. balticus.
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Archeutheia[{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=David Peris |year=2016 |title=Cretaceous amber inclusions of Spain and Myanmar demonstrate early diversification and wide dispersal of Cephenniitae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=57 |pages=190–198 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.002 |bibcode=2016CrRes..57..190J }}]
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Jałoszyński & Peris
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Eutheiini; a new genus for "Kachinus" magnificus Peris, Chatzimanolis & Delclòs (2014).
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Attagenus (Aethriostoma) turonianensis[{{cite journal |author1=David Peris |author2=Jiří Háva |year=2016 |title=New species from Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber and stasis in subfamily Attageninae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=491–498 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2016.51 |bibcode=2016JPal...90..491P |s2cid=132461891 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Peris & Háva
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
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New Jersey Amber
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A species of Attagenus.
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Baltostigus[{{cite journal |author =Paweł Jałoszyński |year=2016 |title=A new Eocene genus of ant-like stone beetles sheds new light on the evolution of Mastigini |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=89 |issue=6 |pages=1056–1067 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2015.75 |s2cid=86958520 }}]
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Jałoszyński
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Early to middle Eocene
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{{Flag|Lithuania}}
{{Flag|Poland}}
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A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Mastigini. The type species is B. antennatus; genus also includes B. horribilis.
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Beattieellus[{{cite journal |last1=Oberprieler |first1=Rolf G. |last2=Ashman |first2=Lauren G. |last3=Frese |first3=Michael |last4=Ślipiński |first4=Adam |year=2016 |title=The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4147 |issue=2 |pages=177–191 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.5 |pmid=27515614 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/260627 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Oberprieler et al.
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Late Jurassic
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Talbragar Fish Bed
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A member of Eucnemidae. The type species is B. jurassicus.
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Boreotethys[{{Cite journal|author =Joseph Parker |year=2016 |title=Emergence of a superradiation: pselaphine rove beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar and their evolutionary implications |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=541–566 |doi=10.1111/syen.12173 |bibcode=2016SysEn..41..541P |s2cid=87946218 }}]
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid[[http://zoobank.org/References/36E3FE2A-B947-422D-89CA-0EF43B99C382 ZooBank.org]]
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Parker
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Cretaceous (~99 mya)
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Pselaphinae. The type species is B. grimaldii; genus also includes B. arctopteryx.
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Brochocoleus caseyi[{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=B. Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2016 |title=An amber double first: a new brochocolein beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from northern Myanmar |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=127 |issue=6 |pages=676–680 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.11.005 |bibcode=2016PrGA..127..676J }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng
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Cretaceous
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Burmese amber
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A member of Ommatinae. Originally described as a species of Brochocoleus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred it to the separate genus Jarzembowskiops.[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |year=2020 |title=Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea |journal=Geosciences |volume=10 |issue=2 |article-number=73 |doi=10.3390/geosciences10020073 |bibcode=2020Geosc..10...73K |doi-access=free }}]
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Cainocups[{{cite journal |last1=Kirejtshuk |first1=A. G. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |last3=Kirejtshuk |first3=P. A. |year=2016 |title=Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata), with a review of the historical development |journal=Invertebrate Zoology |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=61–190 |doi=10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen et Sp nov.
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Valid
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Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Chattian
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Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation
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{{Flag|France}}
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A reticulated beetle
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File:Cainocups aixensis holotype MNHN.F.A51230 indirect lighting.jpg]] |
Canthochilum alleni[{{cite journal |author1=Sergei Tarasov |author2=Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello |author3=Frank-Thorsten Krell |author4=Dimitar Dimitrov |year=2016 |title=A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of two Canthochilum species from Dominican amber |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |article-number=e1988 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1988 |pmid=27547512 |pmc=4986599 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Tarasov & Vaz-de-Mello in Tarasov et al.
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Probably Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A species of Canthochilum.
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Canthochilum philipsivieorum|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Tarasov & Vaz-de-Mello in Tarasov et al.
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Probably Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A species of Canthochilum.
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Carcinops donelaitisi[{{cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2016 |title=Description of two clown beetles (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia: Hydrophiloidea: Histeridae) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=27–35 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=30&artid=545 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Alekseev
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
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A member of Histeridae.
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Catogenus punctatus[{{cite journal |author1=Leonardo C. Ramírez |author2=Juan Corsolini |author3=Osvaldo Di Iorio |year=2016 |title=First fossil record of parasitic flat-bark beetle (Coleoptera: Passandridae) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=160–169 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.29.11.2015.2920 |hdl=11336/13059 |s2cid=130156096 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ramírez, Corsolini & Di Iorio
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Eocene
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Huitrera Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a member of the family Passandridae and a species of Catogenus; Jin et al. (2019) transferred this species to the family Cucujidae and to the genus Platisus,[{{cite journal |author1=Mengjie Jin |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Yu-Lingzi Zhou |author4=Hong Pang |year=2019 |title=Mesopassandrinae subfam. nov., a basal group of parasitic flat beetle (Coleoptera: Passandridae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=22 |pages= 1947–1956|doi=10.1080/14772019.2019.1584923 |bibcode=2019JSPal..17.1947J |s2cid=145940672 }}] while Jin et al. (2020) transferred it to the genus Thesaurus.[{{cite journal |author1=Mengjie Jin |author2=Andreas Zwick |author3=Adam Ślipiński |author4=John W. M. Marris |author5=Michael C. Thomas |author6=Hong Pang |year=2020 |title=A comprehensive phylogeny of flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) with a revised classification and a new South American genus |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=248–268 |doi=10.1111/syen.12392 |bibcode=2020SysEn..45..248J |s2cid=216193827 }}]
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Caulophilus ayotzinapa[{{cite journal |author1=Manuel Barrios-Izás |author2=David Coty |year=2016 |title=A New Fossil Species of Caulophilus Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from Mexican Amber |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=177–179 |doi=10.1649/072.070.0126 |s2cid=87407329 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Barrios-Izás in Barrios-Izás & Coty
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Late Oligocene to middle Miocene
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A member of Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Cossoninae, a species of Caulophilus.
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Caulophilus rarus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Curculionidae.
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Caulophilus squamosus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Curculionidae.
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Ceafornotensis[{{cite journal |author=Christopher Woolley |year=2016 |title=The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa |journal=African Invertebrates |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=53–66 |doi=10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416 |bibcode=2016AfrIn..57...53W |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Woolley
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
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Orapa diamond mine
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{{Flag|Botswana}}
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A member of Scarabaeidae belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae. The type species is C. archratiras.
|file:Ceafornotensis_archatiras_holoype.jpg |
Cephennomicrus giganteus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
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Late Eocene
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Rovno amber
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Cephenniini.
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Ceutorhynchus alekseevi|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Curculionidae.
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Ceutorhynchus electrinus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Curculionidae.
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Choragus exsertus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Legalov
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Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Choragini, a species of Choragus.
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Clypastraea primainterpares[{{cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2016 |title=Clypastraea primainterpares sp. nov. - the first fossil minute hooded beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Corylophidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene, Tertiary) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=21–26 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=30&artid=544 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Alekseev
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
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A member of Corylophidae.
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Coproporus electron[{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Yui Takahashi |year=2016 |title=Coproporus electron sp. nov., the first tachyporine rove beetle in Dominican amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) |journal=PalZ (Paläontologische Zeitschrift) |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=629–635 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0315-7 |bibcode=2016PalZ...90..629Y |s2cid=89302257 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Yamamoto in Yamamoto & Takahashi
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Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A rove beetle.
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Crepidodera tertiotertiaria[{{cite journal |last1=Bukejs |first1=Andris |last2=Biondi |first2=Maurizio |last3=Alekseev |first3=Vitalii I. |year=2016 |title=New records and species of Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eocene European amber, with a brief review of described fossil beetles from Bitterfeld amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4193 |issue=2 |pages=390–400 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.13 |pmid=27988726 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Bukejs, Biondi & Alekseev
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A species of Crepidodera.
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Cretohypna puncta[{{cite journal |author1=Hongyun Zhao |author2=Ming Bai |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2016 |title=Two new glaphyrids (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Jehol Biota, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=59 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.026 |bibcode=2016CrRes..59....1Z }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zhao et al.
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Early Cretaceous
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Yixian Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of Glaphyridae, a species of Cretohypna.
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Cretohypna robusta|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zhao et al.
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Early Cretaceous
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Yixian Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of Glaphyridae, a species of Cretohypna.
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Cretoleptochromus[{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=Cretoleptochromus archaicus gen. et sp. nov., a new genus of ant-like stone beetles in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=63 |pages=7–13 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.016 |bibcode=2016CrRes..63....7C }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Disputed
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Cai & Huang
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Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)
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Burmese amber
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae. The type species is Cretoleptochromus archaicus. Jałoszyński et al. (2018) considered the genus Cretoleptochromus to be a junior synonym of the genus Clidicus.[{{cite journal |author1=PaweŁ Jałoszyński |author2=Adam J. Brunke |author3=Shûhei Yamamoto |author4=Yui Takahashi |year=2018 |title=Evolution of Mastigitae: Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils crucial for reclassification of extant tribes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=184 |issue=3 |pages=623–652 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly010 }}]
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Cretomerga|
Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Early Cretaceous
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Yixian Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A reticulated beetle. The type species is "Priacmopsis" subtilis Tan & Ren (2006).
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Cretosynstrophus[{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Yun Hsiao |author3=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=A new genus and species of polypore fungus beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae, Eustrophinae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=60 |pages=275–280 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.010 |bibcode=2016CrRes..60..275C }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Cai, Hsiao & Huang
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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Burmese amber
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of Tetratomidae belonging to the subfamily Eustrophinae. The type species is Cretosynstrophus archaicus.
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Cupes distinctissimus|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
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Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Thanetian
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Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle
|
File:Cupes distinctissimus holotype MNHN.F.A51118 part side direct lighting.jpg]] |
Cupes simillimus|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Thanetian
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Menat Formation
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{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle
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File:Cupes simillimus holotype MNHN.F.A51120 part side direct lighting.jpg]] |
Cupopsis|
Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
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Raritan Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
|
A reticulated beetle. The type species is "Paracupes" svetkoi Lubkin (2003).
| |
Cyptoxenus buchelus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Poinar & Legalov
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Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Valenfriesiini, a species of Cyptoxenus.
| |
Cyptoxenus ovatus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Legalov
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Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Valenfriesiini, a species of Cyptoxenus.
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Derolathrus groehni[{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Richard A. B. Leschen |author3=Ye Liu |author4=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=First fossil jacobsoniid beetle (Coleoptera): Derolathrus groehni n. sp. from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=762–767 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2015.65 |s2cid=131477117 }}]
|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cai et al.
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A member of Jacobsoniidae, a species of Derolathrus.
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Dicentrus mehli[{{cite journal |author1=Francesco Vitali |author2=Anders L. Daamgard |year=2016 |title=Dicentrus mehli sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) implies close trophic association between Opsimini and Calocedrus, dating the Baltic amber back to the Early Oligocene |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=37–43 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=30&artid=546 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vitali & Daamgard
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Probably early Oligocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A species of Dicentrus.
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Diodesma slipinskii[{{cite journal |last1=Alekseev |first1=Vitalii I. |last2=Bukejs |first2=Andris |year=2016 |title=New Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4178 |issue=3 |pages=409–427 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.6 |pmid=27811716 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Alekseev & Bukejs
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Eocene
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Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Zopheridae.
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Dorytomus electrinus[{{cite journal |last1=Legalov |first1=Andrei A. |year=2016 |title=Two new genera and four new species of fossil weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Baltic amber |journal=Entomologica Fennica |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=57–69 |doi=10.33338/ef.59124 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
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A weevil belonging to the subfamily Curculioninae and the tribe Ellescini.
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Dorytomus nudus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae.
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Electrocaryedon[{{cite journal |author =Andrei A. Legalov |year=2016 |title=A New Genus of Seed Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in Baltic Amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=73–77 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25069519 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116010056 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50...73L |s2cid=87096569 |url-access=subscription }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Legalov
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Late Eocene
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Baltic amber
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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
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A bean weevil. The type species is Electrocaryedon poinari.
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Electrolichas[{{cite journal |last1=Alekseev |first1=Vitalii I. |last2=Jäch |first2=Manfred A. |year=2016 |title=Electrolichas circumbalticus gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Ptilodactylidae) from Baltic amber, the first anchytarsine toed-winged beetle described from Europe |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4136 |issue=3 |pages=593–599 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.10 |pmid=27395736 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Jäch
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Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Byrrhoidea belonging to the family Ptilodactylidae and the subfamily Anchytarsinae. The type species is E. circumbalticus.
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Endophloeus gorskii|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Bukejs
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Zopheridae.
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Eocenesibinia|
Gen et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae. The type species is E. prussica.
| |
Eopiestus[{{cite journal |author1=Chen-Yang Cai |author2=Liang Lü |author3=Edilson Caron |author4=Sidnei Bortoluzzi |author5=Alfred F. Newton |author6=Margaret K. Thayer |author7=Di-Ying Huang |year=2016 |title=First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae) |journal=Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=345–357 |doi=10.2317/0022-8567-89.4.345 |s2cid=90200582 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cai & Lü in Cai et al.
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Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Piestinae. Genus includes new species E. groehni.
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Euconnus palaeogenus|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini.
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Eugonus adustus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Eugonini, a species of Eugonus.
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Eugonus angustus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Eugonini, a species of Eugonus.
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Euparius elongatus[{{Cite journal|author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2016 |title=New Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Dominican and Mexican ambers |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 19.2.24A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1519-new-anthribidae-in-amber |doi=10.26879/635 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Cratoparini, a species of Euparius.
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Eurapatophysis[{{cite journal |author=Francesco Vitali |year=2016 |title=Eurapatophysis groehni n. gen. and n. sp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Baltic amber: the first fossil member of the tribe Apatophyseini Lacordaire, 1869 |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=117–122 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=31&artid=555 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vitali
|
Early Oligocene
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Baltic amber
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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A longhorn beetle belonging to the tribe Apatophyseini. The type species is E. groehni.
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Flabellotoma[{{cite journal |author1=Jan Batelka |author2=Jakub Prokop |author3=Michael S. Engel |year=2016 |title=New ripiphorid beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae): First Pelecotominae and possible Mesozoic aggregative behaviour in male Ripidiinae |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=68 |pages=70–78 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.002 |bibcode=2016CrRes..68...70B }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Batelka, Prokop & Engel
|
Cenomanian
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Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Pelecotominae. The type species is F. heidiae.
| |
Glaesoconnus|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini. The type species is G. unicus.
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Habropezus[{{cite journal |author1=G.O. Poinar Jr. |author2=A.E. Brown |author3=A.A. Legalov |year=2016 |title=A new weevil tribe, Mekorhamphini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Ithyceridae) with two new genera in Burmese amber |journal=Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=157–164 |doi=10.15421/201683 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.ujecology.com/articles/a-new-weevil-tribe-mekorhamphini-trib-nov-coleoptera-ithyceridae-with-two-new-genera-in-burmese-amber.pdf |doi-broken-date=4 July 2025}}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Brown & Legalov
|
Cretaceous
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
Originally interpreted as a relative of the New York weevil, but subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.[{{cite journal |author=A.A. Legalov |year=2023 |title=Descriptions of new weevil taxa (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) |journal=Euroasian Entomological Journal |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=20–32 |doi=10.15298/euroasentj.22.01.5 |doi-broken-date=4 July 2025 |url=https://kmkjournals.com/journals/EEJ/EEJ_Index_Volumes/EEJ_22/EEJ_22_1_020_032 }}]
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file:Habropezus plaisiommus branconid.png]] |
Hybosorus ocampoi[{{cite journal |author1=Ming Bai |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Chungkun Shih |author5=Xingke Yang |year=2016 |title=Hybosorus ocampoi: the first hybosorid from the Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=233–240 |doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0245-3 |s2cid=14454231 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bai & Zhang in Bai et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of Hybosoridae, a species of Hybosorus.
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Ischalia youngi[{{cite journal |last1=Alekseev |first1=V. I. |last2=Telnov |first2=D. |year=2016 |title=First fossil record of Ischaliidae Blair, 1920 (Coleoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4109 |issue=5 |pages=595–599 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4109.5.8 |pmid=27394890 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Telnov
|
Priabonian
|
Prussian Formation (Baltic amber)
|
{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A member of Ischaliidae.
| |
Isotrilophus rasnitsyni[{{Cite journal|author1=V. K. Odnosum |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=The first Eocene tumbling beetle of the genus Isotrilophus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from the Green River Formation (Colorado, United States) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=6 |pages=609–611 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116060113 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..609O |s2cid=133162004 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
jr synopnym
|
Odnosum & Perkovsky
|
Eocene
|
Green River Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of Mordellidae.
First described as a Isotrilophus species;
Moved to the collective group †Petrimordella (2023).[{{Cite journal |author1=Jan Batelka |author2=Kateřina Rosová |author3=Jakub Prokop |title=Diversity and morphology of Eocene and Oligocene Mordellidae (Coleoptera) |year=2023 |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=451–478 |doi=10.37520/aemnp.2023.027 |s2cid=266718122 |url=https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/601462 }}]
| |
Leiosoma (Palaeoleiosoma) klebsi|
Subgen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae, a species of Leiosoma.
| |
Lidryops[{{Cite journal|author1=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author2=André Nel |year=2016 |title=Lidryopinae, new byrrhid subfamily from the Lower Cretaceous of France (Coleoptera, Byrrhidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=67 |pages=140–147 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.07.007 |bibcode=2016CrRes..67..140K }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk & Nel
|
Early Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A member of Byrrhidae. The type species is L. occultus.
| |
Lilioceris groehni[{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Michael Schmitt |year=2016 |title=Lilioceris groehni sp. n.: the first authentic species of Criocerinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber |journal=ZooKeys |issue=618 |pages=67–77 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.618.10085 |pmid=27853400 |pmc=5102050|bibcode=2016ZooK..618...67B |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bukejs & Schmitt
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A species of Lilioceris.
| |
Megalopinus extinctus[{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2016 |title=The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=59 |pages=140–146 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024 |bibcode=2016CrRes..59..140Y }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yamamoto & Solodovnikov
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Megalopsidiinae; a species of Megalopinus.
| |
Mekorhamphus|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Brown & Legalov
|
Cenomanian
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
Originally interpreted as a relative of the New York weevil, but subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.[{{cite journal |last1=Clarke |first1=D. J. |last2=Limaye |first2=A. |last3=McKenna |first3=D. D. |last4=Oberprieler |first4=R. G. |year=2018 |title=The weevil fauna preserved in Burmese amber—snapshot of a unique, extinct lineage (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) |journal=Diversity |volume=11 |issue=1 |article-number=1 |doi=10.3390/d11010001 |doi-access=free }}] The type species is M. gyralommus. Announced in 2016; Legalov (2023) subsequently republished the description, stating that the journal where the original article was published does not have a printed version, and that the original article lacked information on registration in the ZooBank.
| |
Menatops|
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Thanetian
|
Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle. The type species is "Cupes" orbiculatus Kirejtshuk, Nel & Colomb (2010); genus also includes new species M. bartenevi.
| |
Mesocupes (Cainomerga) brevicornis|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Thanetian
|
Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle. Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the separate genus Cainomerga.
|
File:Mesocupes (Cainomerga) brevicornis holotype MNHN.F.A51119 part side direct lighting.jpg]] |
Mesocupes (Cainomerga) fraternus|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Thanetian
|
Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle. Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the separate genus Cainomerga.
| |
Mesocupes (Cainomerga) palaeocenicus|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Thanetian
|
Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle. Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the separate genus Cainomerga.
|
File:Mesocupes (Cainomerga) palaeocenicus holotype MNHN.F.A51117 direct lighting.jpg]] |
Mesocupes (Cainomerga) ponti|
Sp nov.
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Thanetian
|
Menat Formation
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A reticulated beetle. Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the separate genus Cainomerga.
|
File:Mesocupes (Cainomerga) ponti holotype MNHN.F.A51116 part side direct lighting.jpg]] |
Mesosymbion[{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Munetoshi Maruyama |author3=Joseph Parker |year=2016 |title=Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles |journal=Nature Communications |volume=7 |article-number=13658 |doi=10.1038/ncomms13658 |pmid=27929066 |pmc=5155144|bibcode=2016NatCo...713658Y }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yamamoto, Maruyama & Parker
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae and the tribe Mesoporini. The type species is M. compactus.
| |
Micromalthus priabonicus[{{cite journal |author=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=A new species of Micromalthidae (Coleoptera) from the Rovno amber: 1. Adult morphology |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=293–296 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116030047 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..293P |s2cid=89095000 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A relative of the telephone-pole beetle.
| |
Mistran[{{cite journal |last1=Alekseev |first1=Vitalii I. |last2=Bukejs |first2=Andris |year=2016 |title=New fossil genus of Silvanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4144 |issue=1 |pages=101–108 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.5 |pmid=27470839 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Bukejs
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Silvanidae. The type species is M. ot.
| |
Nalassus klebsi[{{cite journal |author1=M. V. Nabozhenko |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |author3=L. S. Chernei |year=2016 |title=A new species of the genus Nalassus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from the Baltic amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=947–952 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090082 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..947N |s2cid=89999861 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/848792 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Nabozhenko, Perkovsky & Chernei
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A darkling beetle. Originally described as a species of Nalassus; Nabozhenko, Chigray & Bukejs (2019) transferred this species to the genus Stenohelops.[{{Cite journal|author1=Maxim Nabozhenko |author2=Ivan Chigray |author3=Andris Bukejs |year=2019 |title=Taxonomic notes on the Eocene Helopini, and a review of the genus Isomira Mulsant, 1856 from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=517–531 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-00002302 |s2cid=146013272 }}]
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Neolitochropus[{{cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=A new genus, Neolitochropus (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Phalacridae), from the Upper Eocene Bitterfeld amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=249–253 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.25.3.04 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_25/REJ_25_3_249_253_Lyubarsky_Perkovsky |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lyubarsky & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Bitterfeld amber
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a member of Phalacridae; Gimmel et al. (2019) transferred it to the family Cyclaxyridae.[{{Cite journal|author1=Matthew L. Gimmel |author2=Karol Szawaryn |author3=Chenyang Cai |author4=Richard A. B. Leschen |year=2019 |title=Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1917 |article-number=20192176 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2019.2176 |pmid=31847777 |pmc=6939926 }}] The type species is N. hoffeinsorum. Gimmel et al. (2019) considered the type species to be a junior synonym of "Stilbus" bedovoyi Lyubarsky & Perkovsky (2011), while maintaining it in the separate genus Neolitochropus, resulting in a new combination Neolitochropus bedovoyi.
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Neoxenus globosus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Valenfriesiini, a species of Neoxenus.
| |
Orchestes tatjanae|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae, a species of Orchestes.
| |
Ornatomalthinus[{{cite journal |author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2016 |title=New fossil soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.18476/pale.v9.a1 |s2cid=89381288 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Fanti
|
Early Cretaceous (late Albian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A soldier beetle. The type species is O. elvirae.
| |
Oxycraspedus poinari|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A weevil belonging to the subfamily Oxycoryninae and the tribe Oxycraspedini.
| |
Pachytychius eocenicus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae.
| |
Palaeodexipeus|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A weevil belonging to the subfamily Dryophthorinae and the tribe Stromboscerini. The type species is P. kirejtshuki.
| |
Palaeorhamphus|
Gen et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Curculionidae. The type species is P. primitivus.
| |
Palaeoxenus sinensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Chang Huali |author2=Jyrki Muona |author3=Pu Hanyong |author4=Xu Li |author5=Wang Chen |author6=Marianna Teräväinen |author7=Ren Dong |author8=Yang Qiang |author9=Zhang Xingliao |author10=Jia Songhai |year=2016 |title=Chinese Cretaceous larva exposes a southern Californian living fossil (Insecta, Coleoptera, Eucnemidae) |journal=Cladistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=211–214 |doi=10.1111/cla.12124 |pmid=34736308 |s2cid=82468856 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chang, Muona & Teräväinen in Chang et al.
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Yixian Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A false click beetle, a species of Palaeoxenus.
| |
Paleosiagonium[{{cite journal |author1=Yanli Yue |author2=Jun-Jie Gu |author3=Qing Yang |author4=Jinmin Wang |author5=Dong Ren |year=2016 |title=The first fossil species of subfamily Piestinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=63 |pages=63–67 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.001 |bibcode=2016CrRes..63...63Y }}]
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yue et al.
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Yixian Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Piestinae. Genus includes Paleosiagonium brevelytratum and Paleosiagonium adaequatum.
| |
Palpattalus[{{cite journal |author =S. E. Tshernyshev |year=2016 |title=New taxa of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in Baltic and Rovno amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=953–962 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090021 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..953T |s2cid=90900828 }}]
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tshernyshev
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Malachiidae belonging to the tribe Attalini. Genus includes new species P. baltiensis and P. eocenicus.
| |
Paraphloeostiba electrica[{{cite journal |author1=Adriano Zanetti |author2=Michel Perreau |author3=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2016 |title=Two new fossil species of Omaliinae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and their significance for understanding the Eocene-Oligocene climate |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=53–64 |doi=10.3897/asp.74.e31838 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_74_1/03_asp_74_1_zanetti_53-64.pdf |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zanetti, Perreau & Solodovnikov
|
Eocene-early Oligocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Omaliinae; a species of Paraphloeostiba.
| |
Passalopalpus[{{cite journal |author1=Stéphane Boucher |author2=Ming Bai |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Weiwei Zhang |author5=Xingke Yang |year=2016 |title=Passalopalpidae, a new family from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Passalidae Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=64 |pages=67–78 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.017 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Boucher et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A member of Scarabaeoidea, possibly closely related to the family Passalidae. The type species is Passalopalpus cheni.
| |
Passandra septentrionaria[{{cite journal |last1=Bukejs |first1=Andris |last2=Alekseev |first2=Vitalii I. |last3=McKellar |first3=Ryan C. |year=2016 |title=Passandra septentrionaria sp. nov.: the first described species of Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4144 |issue=1 |pages=117–123 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.7 |pmid=27470841 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bukejs, Alekseev & McKellar
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A species of Passandra.
| |
Peltis antehercynica[{{cite journal |author1=Jiří Kolibáč |author2=Benjamin Adroit |author3=Elke Gröning |author4=Carsten Brauckmann |author5=Torsten Wappler |year=2016 |title=First record of the family Trogossitidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen (Germany) |journal=PalZ |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=681–689 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0316-6 |bibcode=2016PalZ...90..681K |s2cid=132632013 }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kolibáč et al.
|
Late Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of Trogossitidae.
| |
Phyllodrepa antiqua|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zanetti, Perreau & Solodovnikov
|
Eocene-early Oligocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Omaliinae; a species of Phyllodrepa.
| |
Piesocorynus bibullus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus brevitectus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus elongatus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus hamus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus parategus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus parvocorpus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus tribullus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus unibullus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piesocorynus villosus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piesocorynus.
| |
Piezobarra brevisensoriata|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Piesocorynini, a species of Piezobarra.
| |
Platycteniopus[{{Cite journal|author1=Huali Chang |author2=Maxim Nabozhenko |author3=Hanyong Pu |author4=Li Xu |author5=Songhai Jia |author6=Tianran Li |year=2016 |title=First record of fossil comb-clawed beetles of the tribe Cteniopodini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Jehol Biota (Yixian Formation of China), Lower Cretaceous |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=57 |pages=289–293 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.001 |bibcode=2016CrRes..57..289C }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chang et al.
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Yixian Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A darkling beetle. The type species is Platycteniopus diversoculatus.
| |
Procileoporus[{{cite journal |author =Shûhei Yamamoto |year=2016 |title=The oldest tachyporine rove beetle in amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): A new genus and species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=65 |pages=163–171 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.05.001 |bibcode=2016CrRes..65..163Y }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yamamoto
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Tachyporinae. The type species is Procileoporus burmiticus.
| |
Protoceletes hirtus[{{cite journal |author1=V. Yu. Nazarenko |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=A new species of derelomine weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae: Acalyptini) from the Rovno amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=991–996 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090094 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..991N |s2cid=91078713 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Nazarenko & Perkovsky
|
Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A member of Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Curculioninae and the tribe Acalyptini.
| |
Protocephaloncus|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tshernyshev
|
Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A member of Malachiidae belonging to the tribe Troglopini. The type species is P. perkovskyi.
| |
Protoclerus[{{cite journal |author1=Jiří Kolibáč |author2=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=The oldest known clerid fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China, with a review of Cleridae systematics (Coleoptera) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=808–823 |doi=10.1111/syen.12192 |bibcode=2016SysEn..41..808K |s2cid=89399958 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kolibáč & Huang
|
Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Cleridae. Genus includes new species P. korynetoides.
| |
Protodasycerus[{{Cite journal|author =Shûhei Yamamoto |year=2016 |title=The first fossil of dasycerine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: Phylogenetic implications for the omaliine group subfamilies |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=58 |pages=63–68 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.022 |bibcode=2016CrRes..58...63Y }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yamamoto
|
Late Cretaceous
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A dasycerine rove beetle. The type species is Protodasycerus aenigmaticus.
| |
Protrichonyx|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Parker
|
Cenomanian
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Pselaphinae. The type species is Protrichonyx rafifrons.
| |
Pseudochrysomelites humeralis[{{cite journal |author=A. G. Ponomarenko |year=2016 |title=New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Lower Triassic of European Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=286–292 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116030060 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..286P |s2cid=88810037 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ponomarenko
|
Early Triassic (Olenekian)
|
Rybinsk Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of the family Schizocoleidae.
| |
Pseudochrysomelites tumidus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ponomarenko
|
Early Triassic (Induan)
|
Vokhma Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of the family Schizocoleidae.
| |
Ptisma[{{cite journal |author1=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author2=Philipp E. Chetverikov |author3=Dany Azar |author4=Polina A. Kirejtshuk |year=2016 |title=Ptismidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphyliniformia) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=59 |pages=201–213 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.027 |bibcode=2016CrRes..59..201K }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk et al.
|
Early Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|
A member of Staphyliniformia of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Ptisma zasukhae.
| |
Rhagonycha sucinobaltica|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Fanti
|
Eocene (Lutetian)
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A soldier beetle, a species of Rhagonycha.
| |
Rovnoleptochromus[{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Evgeny Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=Diversity of Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Upper Eocene Rovno amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4157 |issue=1 |pages=1–85 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4157.1.1 |pmid=27615867 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Clidicini. The type species is R. ableptonoides.
| |
Rovnoscydmus|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini. The type species is R. frontalis; genus also includes R. microscopicus.
| |
Schizocoleus triassicus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ponomarenko
|
Early Triassic (Olenekian)
|
Rybinsk Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of the family Schizocoleidae.
| |
Scuccinalophus|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Legalov
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A weevil belonging to the subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Tropiphorini. The type species is S. attenboroughi. The generic name is spelled Succinalophus on some pages of the paper describing the taxon.
| |
Scydmobisetia[{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2016 |title=Scydmobisetia gen. nov., the first definite Glandulariini from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=65 |pages=59–67 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.011 |bibcode=2016CrRes..65...59J }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Yamamoto in Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini. The type species is Scydmobisetia vetutissima.
| |
Smicrips cretacea[{{Cite journal|author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=The first Mesozoic palmetto beetle (Coleoptera: Smicripidae) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=64 |pages=45–49 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.001 |bibcode=2016CrRes..64...45C }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cai & Huang
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of Smicripidae. Originally described as a species of Smicrips; Kirejtshuk (2017) made it the type species of a separate genus Mesosmicrips.[{{Cite journal |author=A.G. Kirejtshuk |year=2017 |title=Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=35–36 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.1.03 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_1_035_036_Kirejtshuk |doi-access=free }}]
| |
Stegocoleus[{{cite journal |author1=Ed. A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |year=2016 |title=An unusual basal beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=297–302 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1132493 |bibcode=2016Alch...40..297J |s2cid=86875182 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jarzembowski & Wang
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
An archostematan beetle, possibly a member of Cupedidae. The type species is Stegocoleus caii.
| |
Stenichnus proavus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini.
| |
Sucinoptinus brevipennis[{{cite journal |author1=X. Bellés |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=New data on the genus Sucinoptinus (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from Rovno Amber |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=17–22 |doi=10.1515/vzoo-2016-0002 |doi-broken-date=4 July 2025 |doi-access=free |hdl=10261/152017 |hdl-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bellés & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A spider beetle found in Rovno amber, a species of Sucinoptinus.
| |
Sucinoptinus rovnoensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bellés & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A spider beetle found in Rovno amber, a species of Sucinoptinus.
| |
Taxopsis|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirejtshuk, Nel, & Kirejtshuk
|
Eocene (Bartonian/Priabonian)
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Kaliningrad Oblast}})
|
A reticulated beetle. The type species is "Cupes" motschulskyi Kirejtshuk (2005).
| |
Thescelostrophus[{{cite journal |author1=Yali Yu |author2=Yun Hsiao |author3=Adam Ślipiński |author4=Jianhua Jin |author5=Dong Ren |author6=Hong Pang |year=2016 |title=A new Late Cretaceous genus and species of polypore fungus beetles (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) from northern Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=68 |pages=34–39 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.006 |bibcode=2016CrRes..68...34Y }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yu et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of Tetratomidae belonging to the tribe Eustrophini. The type species is T. cretaceus.
| |
Toxonotus comatus|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Legalov
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Anthribinae and the tribe Platystomini, a species of Toxonotus.
| |
Trechus eoanophthalmus[{{cite journal |author1=Joachim Schmidt |author2=Hannes Hoffmann |author3=Peter Michalik |year=2016 |title=Blind life in the Baltic amber forests: description of an eyeless species of the ground beetle genus Trechus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4083 |issue=3 |pages=431–443 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4083.3.7 |pmid=27394240 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Schmidt, Hoffmann & Michalik
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A species of Trechus.
| |
Trechus exhibitorius[{{cite journal |author1=Joachim Schmidt |author2=Igor Belousov |author3=Peter Michalik |year=2016 |title=X-ray microscopy reveals endophallic structures in a new species of the ground beetle genus Trechus Clairville, 1806 from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=614 |pages=113–127 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.614.9283 |pmid=27667935 |pmc=5027659|bibcode=2016ZooK..614..113S |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Schmidt, Belousov & Michalik
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A species of Trechus.
| |
Tytthonyx geiseri|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Fanti
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A soldier beetle, a species of Tytthonyx.
| |
Vertheia|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jałoszyński & Perkovsky
|
Late Eocene
|
Rovno amber
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the tribe Eutheiini. The type species is V. quadrisetosa.
| |
Vetuproteinus[{{Cite journal|author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Alfred F. Newton |author3=Margaret K. Thayer |author4=Richard A. B. Leschen |author5=Diying Huang |year=2016 |title=Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect–fungal associations in the Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=283 |issue=1845 |pages=20161439 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2016.1439 |pmid=28003444 |pmc=5204161 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cai et al.
|
Cretaceous
|
Burmese amber
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Proteininae. The type species is V. cretaceus
| |
Wangweiella|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kolibáč & Huang
|
Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Cleridae. Genus includes new species W. calloviana.
| |
Warnis[{{cite journal |author1=G. Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |author3=V. I. Alekseev |year=2016 |title=The first record of the subfamily Xenoscelinae (Coleoptera, Erotylidae) from the Baltic amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=963–969 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116090070 |bibcode=2016PalJ...50..963L |s2cid=90955049 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lyubarsky, Perkovsky & Alekseev
|
Late Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. Genus includes new species W. tvanksticus.
| |
Wongaroo|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Oberprieler et al.
|
Late Jurassic
|
Talbragar Fish Bed
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A member of Cerophytidae. The type species is W. amplipectorale.
| |
Xestipyge ikanti|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)
|
A member of Histeridae.
| |
Xylolaemus legalovi|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Bukejs
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Zopheridae.
| |
Xylolaemus richardklebsi|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alekseev & Bukejs
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A member of Zopheridae.
| |
Yantaroxenos[{{Cite journal |author1=Maxim Nabozhenko |author2=Alexander Kirejtshuk |author3=Ottó Merkl |year=2016 |title=Yantaroxenos colydioides Gen. et sp. nov. (Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Baltic Amber |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=563–566 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.4.008 |s2cid=90259114 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Nabozhenko, Kirejtshuk & Merkl
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
Europe (Baltic Sea coast)
|
A darkling beetle belonging to the subfamily Lagriinae and probably to the tribe Belopini. The type species is Y. colydioides.
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