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Described species of beetles from Cretaceous amber pieces

   The available table here was first published in "Peris, D., Ruzzier, E., Perrichot, V. and Delclòs, X. 2016. Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers. Geoscience Frontiers, 7, 695–706". Please check the original publication for any additional information. 

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   A review of the beetle families found in the Cretaceous ambers may be find in "Peris, D. and Rust, J. 2020. Cretaceous beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in amber: the palaeoecology of this most diverse group of insects. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189, 1085–1104".  

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   Furthermore, an updated review of the table up to the end of 2019 is published in "Peris, D. 2020. Coleoptera in amber from Cretaceous resiniferous forests. Cretaceous Research, 113, 104484".

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   Note that the list presented below tries to keep updated information. If any mistake or missing data is detected, please do not hesitate to contact the author in order to improve the information. Thank you very much in advance for your collaboration. 

NOTE: Due to the size of the current table since 2018 it is difficult to show it as an image and it is only available for download

 

 

    References are sorted first by year and then by author to facilitate their management. In red are references with not final pagination yet but their DOI is offered. 

 

 

Version 2023.2 (Jan 2024)

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