Ebaeus ukokus Tshernyshev, 2006

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Dudko, Roman Yu., Gurina, Anna A. & Legalov, Andrei A., 2021, First record of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in a late Pleistocene deposit from West Siberia with a review of known Quaternary data, Acta Biologica Sibirica 7, pp. 1-19 : 1

Ebaeus ukokus Tshernyshev, 2006

Material.

Russia, Republic of Altai: Mountain Altai, Kosh-Agach district , Ukok Plateau , Zhumaly valley , 2300 m a.s.l., 26-29.VI.2007, E. Guskova & R. Yakovlev leg. - ♂, ♀; (Fig. 4c, d ) .

Distribution.

Russia: Mountains of South Siberia.

Habitat.

Collected in alpine meadow and tundra, and from stones near high altitude mountain lake and rivers.

Notes.

Females of the species are much similar to deposit fragments, but size is smaller. Lateral sides of elytra are yellow in male.

Figures

Figure 4. Ebaeus spp. upper side (a-f) and sub-fossil fragments from the Ustyanka- 1 (g-k): a, b, E. rufipes; c, d, E. ukokus; e, f, E. pedicularius atrotibialis; g-k, Ebaeus sp.: pronotum (g), left elyton (h), right elytra (i, j, k). a, c, e - males, b, d, f, h, i, j, k - females.