The oldest Silvanid beetles from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Brontinae)

摘要

The first Cretaceous taxa of Brontini, Cretoliota cornutus gen. et sp. nov. and Protoliota antennatus gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Burmese amber, representing the oldest fossil records of the family Silvanidae. Pleuroceratos burmiticus Poinar and Kirejtshuk, 2008 originally placed in Silvanidae is removed from this family to Cucujoidea, family uncertain. The discovery of a diverse fauna of Brontini in the Upper Cretaceous sheds a new light on the early evolution of Silvanidae and superfamily Cucujoidea. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.