The new genus Turgaphilus of the subfamily Xenoscelinae (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Siberia
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The genus Turgaphilus Lyubarsky et Perkovsky, gen. nov. with the type species “Cryptophagites” capitatus Ponomarenko, 1990 is described from the latest Barremian–earliest Aptian Turga Formation, Transbaikalia. The new genus similar to the extant genus Xenoscelis Wollaston, 1864 but differs from it in pronotum strongly narrowed apically and procoxal cavities open externally. “Cryptophagites” elongatus Ponomarenko, 1990 probably belongs to the family Helotidae.
Source: Ecologica Montenegrina
Institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Altai State University, National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak, Cherepovets State University, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Language: English
Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $161
OpenAlex ID: W4409575184