TYRANNASORUS REX RATCLIFFE AND OCAMPO, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF MIOCENE HYBOSORID IN AMBER FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA: HYBOSORIDAE)

Authors

Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Federico Carlos Ocampo, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 2001

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 55(3):351–355. 2001. Copyright 2001 Brett C. Ratcliffe and Federico C. Ocampo.

Abstract

Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), a new genus and new species of fossil hybosorid, is described from the Dominican Republic. This fossil scarabaeoid is embedded in the amber resin of Hymenaea protera Poinar (Leguminosae), and it dates from the Miocene.

Se describe Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), un nuevo género y especie de hybosórido fosil de República Dominicana. Este scarabeoideo fósil está incluído en ámbar originado de la resina de Hymenaea protera Poinar (Leguminosae) y data del Mioceno.