Beetle inclusions in amber
Coleoptera (55f., 57g., 59sp.)
Aderidae
Anobiidae
Mesernobius anawrahtai Engel, 2010
Anthicidae
‘Eurygenius’ wickhami Cockerell, 1917
Buprestidae
Cantharidae
Archaeomalthodes rosetta Hsiao, Ślipiński & Pang, 2016
Myamalycocerus vitalii Fanti & Ellenberger, 2016
Ornatomalthinus elvirae Poinar & Fanti, 2016
Carabidae
Oodes kachinensis Liu 2014
Caridae
Cerambycidae
Chrysomelidae
Ciidae (=Cisidae)
Cleridae
Cucujidae
Cupedidae (=Ommatidae)
Brochocoleus caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng, 2016
Omma lii Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng, 2016
Stegocoleus caii Jarzembowski & Wang, 2016
Curculionidae (=Platypodidae, Scolytidae)
Cryphalites rugosissimus Cockerell, 1917
Microborus inertus Cognato & Grimaldi, 2009
Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Poinar, 2009
Dermestidae
Attagenus burmiticus Cai, Háva & Huang, 2016
Dermestes larvalis Cockerell, 1917
Elateridae
‘Acmaeodera’ burmitina Cockerell, 1917
‘Elater’ burmiticus Cockerell, 1917
Endomychidae
Eucinetidae
Eucnemidae
Geotrupidae
Amberathyreus beuteli Bai & Zhang, 2016
Histeridae
Cretonthophilus tuberculatus Caterino, Wolf-Schwenninger & Bechly, 2015
Pantostictus burmanicus Poinar & Brown, 2009
Hybosoridae
Hybosorus ocampoi Bai & Zhang, 2015
Ithyceridae (=Eccoptarthridae)
Anchineus dolichobothris Poinar & Brown, 2009
Habropezus plaisiommus Poinar, Brown & Legalov, 2016
Mekorhamphus gyralommus Poinar, Brown & Legalov, 2016
Mesophyletis calhouni Poinar, 2006
Latridiidae (=Lathridiidae)
Lepiceridae (=Haplochelidae)
Haplochelus georissoides Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006
Lymexylidae
Melandryidae
Meloidae
Microentomus epibatus Poinar, 2015
Melyridae
Monotomidae
Mordellidae
Nemonychidae
Burmonyx zigrasi Davis & Engel, 2014
Nitidulidae
Oedemeridae
Passalidae
†Passalopalpidae
Passalopalpus cheni Boucher, Bai & Zhang, 2016
Prostomidae
Vetuprostomis consimilis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Ptiliidae
Ptinidae
Ptilodactylidae
Aphelodactyla rhetine Chatzimanolis, Cashion, Engel & Falin, 2012
Ripiphoridae (=Rhipiphoridae)
Cretaceoripidius burmiticus (Cockerell, 1917)
Flabellotoma heidiae Batelka, Prokop & Engel, 2016
Paleoripiphorus cf. deploegi Perrichot, Nel & Neraudeau, 2004 (in Batelka et al., 2016)
Salpingidae
Scarabaeidae
Scirtidae (=Helodidae)
Scraptiidae
Silphidae
Nicrophorus sp.
Silvanidae
Pleuroceratos burmiticus Poinar & Kirejtshuk, 2008
Smicripidae
Smicrips cretacea Cai & Huang, 2016
Sphaeriusidae (=Microsporidae)
Burmasporum rossi Kirejtshuk, 2009
Staphylinidae (=Pselaphidae, Scydmaenidae)
Boreotethys arctopteryx Parker, 2016
Boreotethys grimaldii Parker, 2016
Cretodeinopsis aenigmatica Cai & Huang, 2014
Cretoleptochromus archaicus Cai & Huang, 2016
Ektatotricha paradoxa Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010
Electroatopos castaneus Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010
Hapsomela burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2004
Kachinus antennatus Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010
Megalopinus extinctus Yamamoto & Solodovnikov, 2016
Mesallotrochus longiantennatus Cai & Huang, 2014
Octavius electrospinosus Clarke & Chatzimanolis, 2009
Prajna tianmiaoae Lü, Cai & Huang, 2016
Procileoporus burmiticus Yamamoto, 2016
Prosolierius crassicornis Thayer, Newton & Chatzimanolis, 2011
Prosolierius mixticornis Thayer, Newton & Chatzimanolis, 2011
Prosolierius tenuicornis Thayer, Newton & Chatzimanolis, 2011
Protodasycerus aenigmaticus Yamamoto, 2016
Protopeplus cretaceus Cai & Huang, 2014
Protrichonyx rafifrons Parker, 2016
Scydmobisetia vetutissima Jałoszyński & Yamamoto, 2016
Vetuproteinus cretaceous Cai, Newton & Thayer, 2016
Tetratomidae
Cretosynstrophus archaicus Cai, Hsiao & Huang, 2016
Thescelostrophus cretaceous Yu, Hsiao, Ślipinski, Jin, Ren & Pang, 2016
Throscidae
Trogidae
Trogossitidae
Zopheridae (=Colydiidae)
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Poinar, G.O.Jr. & Poinar, R. 2016. Ancient hastisetae of Cretaceous carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in Myanmar amber. Arthropod Structure & Development, 45(6), 642-645.
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