Yakutia sukachevae gen. et sp. nov. (Mordellidae), the first fossil Coleoptera from Upper Cretaceous amber of Yakutia, eastern Russia

• Published in: Cretaceous Research
• Main Authors: Telnov, Dmitry, Perkovsky, Evgeny E., Ruzzier, Enrico, Vasilenko, Dmitry V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Yakutian retinite; Taxonomy; New genus; New species; Tumbling flower beetle; Taymyr; Yakutia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3449763; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105262

Cretaceous amber faunas of North Asia are well-known from Taymyr, but the Santonian floras of Taymyrare virtually unstudied. Conversely, the Cenomanian floras of Yakutia are well-studied, but the amber fauna of Yakutia remains unknown. Yakutia sukachevae gen. et sp. nov. is described from Cenomanian...