А.Г. Кирейчук, Д. Азар. 2013. Современные знания о жуках из нижнемелового ливанского янтаря...
Kirejtshuk A.G. & Azar D. 2013.
Current knowledge of Coleoptera (Insecta) from
the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber and taxonomical notes for some Mesozoic
groups.
Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 6, 1-2: 103-134.
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Summary.
This paper overviews more than 39 families of fossil Coleoptera from Lower
Cretaceous Lebanese amber from nine outcrops. Lebanese amber contains the oldest
representatives of the families Scydmaenidae (considered by some as a subfamily
of Staphylinidae), Ptiliidae, Elodophalmidae, Clambidae, Throscidae,
Lebanophytidae fam. n., Ptilodactylidae, Cantharidae, Melyridae, Dasytidae,
Dermestidae, Ptinidae, Kateretidae, Erotylidae, Latridiidae, Laemophloeidae,
Salpingidae, Anthicidae, Melandryidae, Aderidae, Curculionidae (Scolytinae). The
families Chelonariidae and Scraptiidae are known from both Lebanese amber and
Baissa, with both sites having a comparable age. The subfamilies Trechinae
(Carabidae), Euaesthetinae (Staphylinidae) and Liparochrinae (Hybosoridae) first
appear in the fossil record in Lebanese amber. The Coleoptera in Lebanese amber
mostly belong to groups with arboreal habits (as found today in wood and tree
fungi). Eochelonarium belle gen. et sp. n., Rhizophtoma synchroнtronica sp. n.,
Rhizobactron marinae gen et sp. n. and Atetrameropsis subglobosa gen. et sp. n.
are described from Lebanese amber. A new subfamily in the family Cerophytidae is
proposed for Aphytocerus communis Zherichin, 1977 (Aphytocerinae subfam. n.) and
new genus Baissopsis gen.nov. is erected for Baissophytum amplus Chang,
Kirejtshuk et Ren, 2011. Also a new interpretation of the taxon "Lasiosynidae"
is provided by placing it as a subfamily in the family Eulichadidae with two
genera (Lasiosyne Tan, Ren et Shih, 2007 and Bupredactyla Kirejtshuk, Chang, Ren
et Shih, 2010), while the other genera initially regarded as "Lasiosynidae" were
tentatively transferred into Eulichadinae sensu n. (Mesodascilla Martynov, 1926;
Tarsomegamerus Zhang, 2005; Brachysyne Tan et Ren, 2009; Anacapitis Yan, 2009;
Parelateriformius Yan et Wang, 2010 and Cretasyne Yan, Wang et Zhang, 2013) with
the new synonymy of Tarsomegamerus and Parelateriformius syn. n. The genus
Mesaplus Hong, 1983 described in the family Triaplidae is also transнvered to
Eulichadinae. The genera Artematopodites Ponomarenko, 1990; Dzeregia
Ponomarenko, 1985 and Glaphyropteroides Handlirsch, 1906 proposed for species
known only by separate elytra and recently included in the "family" Lasiosynidae
(Yan et al., 2013) are regarded as Elateriformia incertae sedis. The first
insect from the newly discovered outcrops of Nabaa Es-Sukkar - Brissa: Caza
(District) Sir Ed-Danniyeh, Mouhafazet (Governorate) Loubnan Esh-Shimali (North
Lebanon) is described and the first general description of this outcrop is made.
