New species of the genus Orchesia Latr. from the Upper Eocene (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)

• Published in: Paleontological journal Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 559 - 562
• Main Author: Nikitsky, N. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.09.2011; Springer
• Subjects: Amber; Beetles; Coleoptera; Differential diagnosis; Discovery and exploration; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Identification and classification; New species; Paleontology; Tenebrionoidea; Zoology; Upper Eocene; Melandryidae

A new species of the genus Orchesia Latr. (subgenus Orchestera Guill.), O. rasnitzyni sp. nov., is described from the Upper Eocene Rovno amber. The description is supplied with a differential diagnosis of the new species in comparison with the closest recent member of this genus.