Two new wedge-shaped beetles in Albo-Cenomanian ambers of France (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 577-581

  Perrichot, Vincent ^a   Nel, André ^b   Néraudeau, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Albian; Amber fossil; Archingeay; Cenomanian; Coleoptera; France; New genus; New species; Ripiphoridae; Ripiphorinae; Salignac

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BEETLE; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALBIA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; MYODITES BURMITICUS; PALEORIPIPHORUS DEPLOEGI; RHIPIPHORIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 12844267521     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.081     Document Type: Article

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