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A new ground beetle (Carabidae, Protorabinae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China.

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China.
ZooKeys (impact factor: 0.88). 01/2011; DOI:10.3897/zookeys.130.1300 pp.229-37
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Cretorabus rasnitsynisp. n., belonging to the extinct subfamily Protorabinae of Carabidae, was described based on a well-preserved specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Yangshuwanzi, Inner Mongolia. The diagnostic characters forCretorabus are revised, and the key to species of the genus was presented. The fossil record of Protorabinae was summarized. Sinocarabus Hong, 1982 and Obesofemoria Hong, 1982 cannot be attributed to Protorabinae.

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Keywords

Carabidae
 
Cretorabus rasnitsynisp
 
diagnostic characters forCretorabus
 
fossil record
 
Inner Mongolia
 
Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation
 

Bo Wang