Abdera hoffeinsorum Alekseev 2014
Creators: name: Alekseev, Vitalii Igorevich
name: Bukejs, Andris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melandryidae
Abdera
Abdera hoffeinsorum

description: Abdera hoffeinsorum Alekseev, 2014
Material examined. One specimen with collection number 4418/149 [KRAM]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 2.5 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a small-sized, orange, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 10×7× 3 mm without supplementary fixation. The amber piece was possibly treated in an autoclave (right side of beetle slightly roasted). Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number 5726/5 [KRAM]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen with partially exposed male genitalia and metathoracic wings. Body length of the specimen is 2.6 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a medium-sized, yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 30×11× 5 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by numerous fagacean stellate trichomes and one Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) specimen.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1/22 4730/261 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, female, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 3.0 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a medium-sized, yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 28×17× 6 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1/43 7657/31 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, sex unknown, complete specimen with partially exposed metathoracic wings. Body length of the specimen is 3.4 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 14×13× 5.5 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1/22 4730/256 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 3.0 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 20×16× 7 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1 7657/944 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen with partially exposed genitalia. Body length of the specimen is 2.6 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 17×13× 6 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by one Diptera (Brachycera) specimen and stellate fagacean trichomes.
Two specimens in the piece with collection number MMO 1 7657/943 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adults, sex unknown. Body lengths of the specimens are 3.0 and 3.2 mm. The beetle inclusions are preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 18×10× 8 mm without supplementary fixation. Other syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1 7657/940 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 3.0 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 10×8× 4.5 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by few stellate fagacean trichomes.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1 7657/1269 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 3.5 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 17×9× 5 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number MMO 1 7657/1239 [MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen. Body length of the specimen is 3.3 mm. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 19×9× 7 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are absent.
One specimen with collection number 8190 [CAG]; Baltic amber, adult, male, complete specimen with partially exposed aedeagus. Body length of the specimen is about 2.9 mm. Syninclusions are represented by few stellate fagacean trichomes.
description: Published as part of Alekseev, Vitalii Igorevich & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula: new genus, six new species, new records and key to described taxa, pp. 142-166 in Zootaxa 4965 (1) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4723237