Lyubarsky G.Yu.1, Perkovsky E.E.2 2019. First species of Ephistemus (Coleoptera: Clavicornia: Cryptophagidae) from Baltic amber // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.28. No.1: 54–57 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009, Russia. E-mail: lgeorgy@rambler.ru
2 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Khmielnitsky str. 15, Kiev 01601, Ukraine. E-mail: perkovsk@gmail.com
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.1.07
ABSTRACT. Ephistemus crassipes Lyubarsky et Perkovsky sp.n., a new cryptophagid species from Baltic amber is described. This species is the first fossil representative of the genus, and the fourth described species of Eocene Atomariinae. The new species differs from extant species by thickened legs.
KEY WORDS. Cryptophagidae, Ephistemus, Late Eocene, Baltic amber.