Jiricateres—new extinct genus of Lophocateridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from late Eocene European amber
A new genus, Jiricateres Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, gen. nov., and three new extinct species of bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera, Lophocateridae), are described and illustrated from studied set of inclusions in Baltic and Rovno amber. The Baltic amber lophocaterid Promanodes alleni Kolibáč, 2011 is herein transferred to this genus. The identification key for the representatives of the genus, namely Jiricateres alleni (Kolibáč, 2011) comb. nov. J. storozhenkoi Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., J. damzeni Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov., and J. ukrainicus Tshernyshev, Alekseev, Bukejs, Vasilenko, Legalov & Perkovsky, sp. nov. is provided.
Authors
- Dmitry V. Vasilenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-7290)
- S. E. Tshernyshev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5931-9241)
- Vitalii I. Alekseev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-5443)
- Andris Bukejs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7165-3023)
- Andrei A. Legalov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-8169)
- Evgeny E. Perkovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-4379)
Institutions
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (RU)
- Altai State University (RU)
- Daugavpils University (LV)
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (RU)
- Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU)
- Natural History Museum Aarhus (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.41
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00