Antarctotrechus balli sp. n. (Carabidae, Trechini): the first ground beetle from Antarctica

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Ashworth,Allan, Erwin,Terry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016
• Subjects: Trechini; Carabidae; Antarctica; Miocene; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Canada; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.635.10535; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/10535/

Fossil elytra of a small trechine carabid are reported from the Oliver Bluffs on the Beardmore Glacier at lat. 85°S. They were compared with counterparts from the extant genera Trechisibus, Tasmanorites, Oxytrechus and Pseudocnides. The fossils share some characters but are sufficiently different to...