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Genus Cretomalthus Kirejtshuk et Azar, 2008 (Micromalthidae): Atlas of extinct groups of beetles

A.G.Kirejtshuk

 

Genus Cretomalthus Kirejtshuk et Azar, 2008 (Micromalthidae) (type species: Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum Kirejtshuk et Azar, 2008, по monotype)

 

 

A.G.Kirejtshuk, Februaryь 2009.

 


 

On photo, from below:Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum Kirejtshuk et Azar, 2008 - larva,
holotype "JS27" - Lower Cretaceous , Lebanese amber (temporarily in collection of National Natural History Museum, Paris).

Photo by A.G.Kirejtshuk and D. Azar.

 

Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum: body, from above


Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum: body, from below


Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum: head, from above



Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum: abdomen, from below


All photos by A.G.Kirejtshuk and D.Azar.

 

 

 

Literature:

 

(look also at the page Systematic list of fossil beetles of Cupedina, Carabina и Scarabaeina (1 part)

Kirejtshuk A.G., Azar D. 2008. New taxa of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2: 15-46.