Adamas, Chen & Zhang, 2020

Chen, Xin-Yu & Zhang, Hua-Chuan, 2020, A new fossil record of Lymexylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, Zootaxa 4878 (1), pp. 195-200 : 196

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3F87D306-1CDD-48A3-8236-5F0F809F26ED
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570461
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87CB-F43A-FFFD-FF4A-FEFAFD212C7D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Adamas
status	gen. nov.

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Adamas gen. nov.

Etymology. The specific epithet is formed from the Latin adamas (diamond), referring to the diamond (lozenge)- like scutellum.

Type Species. † Adamas hukawngensis sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Adamas gen. nov. is distinguished from all recent and extinct genera of Lymexylidae by the lozengeshaped scutellum with a longitudinal median groove.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Lymexylidae

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