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A new species of the genus Granulobium Li et al., 2023 (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Cretaceous Kachin amber

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new species, Granulobium perkovskyi sp. nov., is described and illustrated from late Cretaceous Kachin amber. The new species differs from Granulobium whitei Li et al., 2023 in three key characteristics: the punctate pronotum, the larger eyes, the densely punctate elytra, and the larger body size. Benemerita MolinoOlmedo, 2024, syn. nov. is synonymous with Amberophytum Yu et al., 2019 and is placed from the family Ptinidae into the family Cerophytidae. This is the second record of the genus Granulobium Li et al., 2023 from Cenomanian Burmese amber.

Source: Ecologica Montenegrina

DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.82.3

Authors: Andrei A. Legalov, Vladislav A. Legalov

Institutions: Altai State University, National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $161

OpenAlex ID: W4407689133

FWCI: 0.935

Cites: 11

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10