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

Alexey V. Shavrin, Evgeny E. Perkovsky

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Scientific scope

Taxonomic coverage: Subfamily — Complete; Tribe — Unknown; Genus — Complete; Species — Focal taxa only

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

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Bibliographic identity verified from official sources

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Confirmed and represented

  • Subfamily Omaliinae, genus Eusphalerum, Rovno amber and Baltic amber from the western coast of Latvia are confirmed by the official publisher source.
  • The two named new species, Eusphalerum kolyada and Eusphalerum saule, are indexed as focal taxa.

Limits and unresolved fields

  • An unidentified Eusphalerum specimen remains unassigned at species level.
  • Tribal placement and the country assignment of Rovno amber are not established by the accessible source; no tribe or country is inferred.

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