Journal
ANNALES ZOOLOGICI
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 109-112Publisher
MUSEUM & INST ZOOLOGY PAS-POLISH ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.012
Keywords
Coleoptera; Dermestidae; beetles; insect fossil; new taxa; Middle Jurassic; Daohugou; China
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- CSIRO, Australia
- Sun Yat-sen University, China and Capital Normal University
- HP: National Natural Science Foundation of China [31372243]
- DR: National Natural Science Foundation of China [41688103, 31672323, 31230065]
- program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT13081]
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Paradermestes jurassicus gen. et sp. nov., a new dermestid beetle is described based on a well-preserved impression fossil collected from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in Daohugou Village, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China, making it the oldest fossil of the family. Based on its size, no visible ocellus and laterally reduced hind coxal plates Paradermestes is placed in subfamily Dermestinae and tribe Paradermestini, trib. nov.
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