Cretoloricera

Cretoloricera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryote
Kingdom:	Animalia
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insect
Superorder:	Endopterygota
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Loricerinae
Tribe:	Loricerini
Genus:	Cretoloricera; Liu, Makarov et Luo, gen. nov.
Species:	C. electra

Cretoloricera is a genus of ground beetles (Carabidae) that lived during the middle cretaceous period. The genus currently only has one known species which is Cretoloricera electra. The genus morphology is has a strong and robust maxilla and a highly modified galea. It had a nasal with prominent teeth and lack lacinia.[1]

Reference

Liu, Hua; Makarov, Kirill V.; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Xiao, Chuantao; Luo, Cihang (2023-08-01). "Cretoloricera electra gen. et sp. nov., the oldest record of Loricerini (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae: Loricerinae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105540. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105540. ISSN 0195-6671.

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[1] Liu, Hua; Makarov, Kirill V.; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Xiao, Chuantao; Luo, Cihang (2023-08-01). "Cretoloricera electra gen. et sp. nov., the oldest record of Loricerini (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae: Loricerinae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105540. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105540. ISSN 0195-6671.