Yantaroxenos colydioides Nabozhenko, Kirejtshuk et Merkl, 2016

ALEKSEEV, VITALII, MCKELLAR, RYAN C. & BUKEJS, ANDRIS, 2024, A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene ‘ amber forests’, Zootaxa 5536 (2), pp. 201-247 : 229

Yantaroxenos colydioides Nabozhenko, Kirejtshuk et Merkl, 2016

( Figs 39–41 )

Material examined. One specimen with collection number JDC-13221 [ JDC], Baltic amber; adult, sex unknown. A rather complete beetle is included in a transparent, yellow amber piece with dimensions of 22× 6 mm and a maximum thickness of 5 mm; preserved without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions: absent.

Note. Body length of beetle JDC-13221 (including visible part of head) 6.6 mm. Specimen JDC-13221 shares with the holotype of Y. colydioides other external characters and is considered conspecific.

Figures

FIGURES 39–41. Yantaroxenos colydioides in Baltic amber, specimen No. JDC-13221 [JDC]: 39—habitus in dorsal view; 40—idem, habitus in ventral view; 41—idem, habitus in lateral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.