Two new species of Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Eocene Rovno and Baltic amber

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Two fossil species are described from Eocene Rovno and Baltic amber within a review of the genus's fossil record. An additional unidentified specimen remains deliberately unassigned at species level in this index.

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Year: 2026
Journal: Zootaxa
Volume: 5874
Issue: 4
Pages / article: 326–348
Publication date: 28 August 2026
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5874.4.2
Publisher: Official publisher page
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Omaliinae MacLeay, 1825
Genus: Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857
Species: Eusphalerum kolyada Shavrin & Perkovsky, 2026, Eusphalerum saule Shavrin & Perkovsky, 2026

Fossil provenance: Rovno amber, Baltic amber from the western coast of Latvia

Work type: palaeoentomology, taxonomy, new species, fossil-species review, checklist, identification key

Keywords: Coleoptera, anthophilous rove beetles, paleoentomology, taxonomy, Priabonian, checklist, identification key