New beetles of the suborder Polyphaga from the Lowermost Eocene French amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Abstract

The paper deals with the descriptions of three new genera, one newsubgenus and eleven new species of the superfamilies Scirtoidea, Cleroidea, and Cucujoidea (suborder Polyphaga) originated from the Lowermost Eocene amber, namely: the Scirtidae: Cyphon gallicusnov. sp. and Cyphon lobanovinov. sp.; the Melyridae: Malachiinae Colotes constantininov. sp. and C. impexusnov. sp.; the Nitidulidae: Cybocephalinae Pastillocenicus polyakinov. gen., nov. sp., and P. grandiclavisnov. gen., nov. sp. and P. longifronsnov. gen., nov. sp.; the Kateretidae: Hetherelus expressusnov. sp. and Eoceniιretes yantaricusnov. gen., nov. sp.; the Smicripidae: Smicrips europeusnov. sp.; and the Anthicidae: Eurygeniinae Oisegenius antiquusnov. gen., nov. sp. The systematic positions of these new taxa and hypotheses on their bionomy are discussed. © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.