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A new species of the genus Smicrips Le Conte (Coleoptera: Smicripidae) from Baltic amber

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Smicrips gorskii sp. nov. from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber, distinguished from all congeners by the dark color and very long antennomere 2 is described.

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  1. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vien bas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia

    A. Bukejs

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. G. Kirejtshuk

  3. CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris, F-75005, France

    A. G. Kirejtshuk

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Bukejs, A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. A new species of the genus Smicrips Le Conte (Coleoptera: Smicripidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. J. 49, 1417–1419 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011513002X

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