A new species of the genus Globicornis Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Danish amber
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A new species of the tribe Megatomini (Dermestidae: Megatominae), Globicornis (Hadrotoma) vitusberingi sp. nov., has been described and illustrated in Priabonian Danish amber. This new species differs from Globicornis (Hadrotoma) ambericus Háva, Prokop et Herrmann, 2006 by its broad body, which is covered in decumbent black setae and subparallel elytral sides in the first and second thirds. It can be distinguished from Globicornis (Hadrotoma) ingelehmannae Háva et Damgaard, 2015 by last antennomere that is 2.5 times as long as two preceding antennomeres combined, its finely punctate pronotum and elytra, and its larger body size. This is the first record of the genus Globicornis Latreille, 1829 in Danish amber. A list of the Eocene Globicornis species has been compiled.
Source: Ecologica Montenegrina
Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, P.E.L.C. - Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, 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
Funders: Villum Fonden, Novo Nordisk
OpenAlex ID: W4413846349