Descriptions of two new elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae, Elateridae) from Burmese amber
Authors
Robert L. Otto
Keywords:
False click beetle, click beetle, Myanmar, new genera, new species, paleoentomology.
Abstract
Two new elateroid taxa are described from amber deposits excavated from the northern region of Myanmar. Two genera, Cenomanagen. nov. (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), and Cretopityobiusgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are described for the first time from Burmese amber. The following new species are described: Cenomana clavatasp. nov. and Cretopityobius pankowskiorumsp. nov. Each new species is diagnosed and illustrated.