A new species of the extinct genus Brochocoleus Hong, Brochocoleus zhiyuani sp. nov. is described based on two well preserved fossils embedded in the mid-Cretaceous amber originating from Myanmar. The species is deposit to B. caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang et Zheng, 2016 described from the same deposits but differs in having not an elongated head, long antennae and rounded prothorax.
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1 March 2017
Brochocoleus Zhiyuani, a New Species of Brochocolein Beetle (Coleoptera: Ommatidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar
Zhenhua Liu,
Jingjing Tan,
Adam Ślipiński,
Edmund A. Jarzembowski,
Bo Wang,
Dong Ren,
Hong Pang
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 67 • No. 1
March 2017
Vol. 67 • No. 1
March 2017
Archostemata
Brochocoleini
Burmese amber
Cenomanian
Cretaceous
fossil