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A New Tytthonyx LeConte (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Dominican Amber, with Notes on Diagnostic Characters of West Indian Cantharids with Short Elytra
Authors
Michael A. Ivie, Fabrizio Fanti, Vinicius S. Ferreira
Publication
BioOne Complete
Abstract
Tytthonyx milleri Ivie, Fanti, and Ferreira, new species (Cantharidae, Tytthonyxini) is described from Miocene Dominican amber. The new species is compared with the other two described fossil taxa of the genus, as well as two additional, undescribed Dominican amber cantharid species, and their morphology is discussed. A comparison of extant and fossil Tytthonyx LeConte and Caccodes Sharp is given.
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