Cretodermestes palpalis Deng, Ślipiński, Ren et Pang, 2017

Háva, J., 2020, New data on the subfamily Attageninae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Far Eastern Entomologist 420, pp. 14-19 : 15

Cretodermestes palpalis Deng, Ślipiński, Ren et Pang, 2017

Figs 1, 2

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Male, Myanmar: Kachin State, Hukawng Valley; Cretaceous ,

lowermost Cenomanian. The complete beetle is included in a transparent amber piece, with dimensions of 14×7× 3 mm. Syninclusions consist of numerous minute organic particles.

Specimen is deposited in Jiří Háva, Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection,

Prague-west, Czech Republic.

REMARKS. This species has been described based on single male ( Deng et al., 2017).

This is the second known specimen for the species. Body length 3.2 mm, width 2.1 mm. It must therefore be added for description that the species has the length 2.5–3.2 mm and width

1.42. 1 mm. Females remain unknown.

dorsal aspect; 2 – the same, lateral aspect (mg – male genitalia, p – palpi). (Photo by Albert

Allen)

Tribe Attagenini Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

Figures

Figs 1–2. Cretodermestes palpalis Deng, Ślipiński, Ren et Pang, 2017, male. 1 – habitus,