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Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae, New Genus and Species: The First Calopterini from Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Lycidae)

DOI:10.1649/0010-065X-76.2.288
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Vinicius S. Ferreira at University of Copenhagen
Vinicius S. Ferreira
Lorenzo Tettamanzi
Lorenzo Tettamanzi
Lorenzo Tettamanzi
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Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae Ferreira, new genus and new species, the first discovered Calopterini fossil, is described from Dominican amber. The new genus is diagnosed, described, illustrated, and compared with other Dominican amber Lycidae and closely related extant genera.
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Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae, New Genus and Species:
The First Calopterini from Dominican Amber
(Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Authors: Ferreira, Vinicius S., and Tettamanzi, Lorenzo
Source: The Coleopterists Bulletin, 76(2) : 288-292
Published By: The Coleopterists Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.2.288
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      
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      
      
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 Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae
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  
CeratoprionFalso
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     
    Thonalmus 
    Mesopteron 
     
 
      
      
        

  Cessator   Dominopteron

Thonalmus
Mesopteron    
      
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Falsoceratoprion
       
  Thonalmus

         

    Mesopteron   
      
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
Thonalmus 
MesopteronDominopteron
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Thonalmus
Mesopteron
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    Electropteron 

Thonalmus
 Mesopteron     
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Falsoceratoprion
   Ceratoprion Ceratolycus
Aplopteron
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  
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 
CeratolycusAplopteron
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






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
ca.
ca.
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Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae 
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 
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
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Falsoceratoprion
fumagalliae   
   
      



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F. fumagalliae 
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    
   

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

       
Falsoceratoprion  
   
      
et al
   
 
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   
       

       
     
Falsoceratoprion
  

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 ie

        
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
Falsoceratoprion
     


 ie    

 
       
    Falsoceratoprion  
    
Falsoceratoprion
        
e.g.    
  Falsoceratoprion   


       
      
 Falsoceratoprion 

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
       
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    
       
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     
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     
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       
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       
    
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