Bukhkalius

Bukhkalius; Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ommatidae
Genus:	†Bukhkalius; Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski 2020
Binomial name
	†Bukhkalius lindae; (Jarzembowski et al. 2017)

Bukhkalius is an extinct genus of beetle belonging to the family Ommatidae, it contains the single species, Bukhkalius lindae. It was described in 2017 initially as a species of the extant genus Tetraphalerus^[1] and was placed into a separate monotypic genus in 2020,^[2] which was reaffirmed in a 2021 study.^[3] It is known from a single specimen (NIGP 166152) from Burmese amber, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The specimen is around 4.7 mm long and around 1.3 mm wide.

References[]

^ Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (October 2017). "Another amber first: A tiny tetraphalerin beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) in Myanmar birmite". Cretaceous Research. 78: 84–88. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.023.
^ A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73
^ Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang; Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021). "Revisiting the morphology and systematic placement of the enigmatic Cretaceous ommatid beetle Bukhkalius lindae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.28. ISSN 0031-1049.

[1] Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (October 2017). "Another amber first: A tiny tetraphalerin beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) in Myanmar birmite". Cretaceous Research. 78: 84–88. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.023.

[2] A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73

[3] Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang; Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021). "Revisiting the morphology and systematic placement of the enigmatic Cretaceous ommatid beetle Bukhkalius lindae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.28. ISSN 0031-1049.

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