A new ground beetle (Carabidae, Protorabinae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

By

Wang, Bo
Zhang, Haichun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

130

Pages

229-237

Subjects

Protorabinae, Coleoptera, Lower Cretaceous, Inner

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1300

 

Abstract

Cretorabus rasnitsyni sp. n., belonging to the extinct subfamily Protorabinae of Carabidae, was described based on a well-preserved specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Yangshuwanzi, Inner Mongolia. The diagnostic characters for Cretorabus are revised, and the key to species of the genus was presented. The fossil record of Protorabinae was summarized. Sinocarabus Hong, 1982 and Obesofemoria Hong, 1982 cannot be attributed to Protorabinae.