Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea)

Soo Bin Lee, Chen Yang Cai, Michael S. Engel, Gi Soo Nam, Jong Kyun Park

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Abstract

We report new discoveries of diverse Hydrophiloidea (Staphyliniformia) from the Albian (Early Cretaceous) Jinju Formation, South Korea, including the genera Laetopsia Fikáček et al., 2012 and Cretotaenia Ponomarenko, 1977, a new species of Laetopsia (Laetopsia leei sp. nov.), a species putatively shared with the Barremian Yixian Formation of China (L. cf. hydraenoides), an undetermined species of Laetopsia, and a new record of Cretotaenia pallida Ponomarenko are described and illustrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-452
Number of pages10
JournalPalaeoentomology
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2024

Keywords

  • Hydrophiloidea
  • Jinju Formation
  • Lower Cretaceous
  • palaeodiversity

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