A new species of the Cretaceous clown beetle genus Yethiha (Coleoptera: Histeridae) with interpretation of the function of enlarged protibial spurs.

IF 0.8 4区生物学 Q3 ZOOLOGY

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.10

Jan Simon-Pražák, Jiří Háva, Jakub Prokop

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Yethiha Caterino, 2021, a third representative of the genus. As the other species, Yethiha lackneri sp. nov. is reported from Kachin amber of the mid-Cretaceous age. Its discovery provides further evidence of the diverse Cretaceous fauna of clown beetles associated with decaying trees. We provide a diagnostic key to all three species of Yethiha and explain probable function of their protibial spurs.

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我们描述了 Yethiha Caterino 的一个新种，这是 2021 年该属的第三个代表物种。与其他物种一样，Yethiha lackneri sp.它的发现进一步证明了白垩纪与腐烂树木相关的小丑甲虫动物群的多样性。我们提供了所有三个Yethiha物种的诊断钥匙，并解释了它们前胫刺的可能功能。

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Zootaxa 生物-动物学

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

33.30%

发文量

1895

审稿时长

2.7 months

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