Eur. J. Entomol. 101 (4): 577-581, 2004 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.081

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

Vincent PERRICHOT1, André NEL*,2, Didier NÉRAUDEAU1
1 Géosciences Rennes and CNRS UMR 6118, Université Rennes 1, bât. 15, 263, avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France; e-mails: Vincent.Perrichot@univ-rennes1.fr, Didier.Neraudeau@univ-rennes1.fr
2 Entomologie and CNRS UMR 5143, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45, rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France; e-mail: anel@mnhn.fr

Paleoripiphorus deploegi gen. n., sp. n. and Macrosiagon ebboi sp. n., described from two French Albo-Cenomanian ambers (mid Cretaceous), are the oldest definitely identified representatives of the Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae. They belong to or are closely related to extant genera of this coleopteran subfamily. Together with Myodites burmiticus Cockerell, 1917 from the Albian Burmese amber, they demonstrate that the group is distinctly older than suggested by the hitherto available fossil record. By inference after the biology of the extant Ripiphorinae, Macrosiagon ebboi may have been parasitic on wasps and Paleoripiphorus deploegi on bees, suggesting that Apoidea may have been present in the Lower Cretaceous.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae, Ripiphorinae, new genus, new species, amber fossil, Albian, Cenomanian, Archingeay, Salignac, France

Received: March 28, 2003; Revised: June 6, 2004; Accepted: September 26, 2004; Published: December 20, 2004  Show citation

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PERRICHOT, V., NEL, A., & NÉRAUDEAU, D. (2004). Two new wedge-shaped beetles in Albo-Cenomanian ambers of France (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae). EJE, 101(4), 577-581. doi: 10.14411/eje.2004.081
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