The ̒first fossil tumbling flower beetle’ larva is a symphytan (Hymenoptera)

Pages	57-59
DOI	10.37520/aemnp.2022.005
Keywords	Coleoptera, Mordellidae, Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae, Mesozoic, Burmese amber
Citation	BATELKA, Jan a ENGEL, Michael S.. The ̒first fossil tumbling flower beetle’ larva is a symphytan (Hymenoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2022, 62(1), 57-59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.005. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/62-1/the-first-fossil-tumbling-flower-beetle-larva-is-a-symphytan-hymenoptera

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2022/62/1

A correction is provided regarding the identity of a fossil larva recently reported to represent the first Cretaceous record of its kind for the tenebrionoid family Mordellidae (Coleoptera, tumbling flower beetles). A review of the description of the specimen, however, reveals it to be a larval symphytan (order Hymenoptera), and likely of the family Pamphiliidae. The evidence for the revised identification is summarized.

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