Bukhkalius

Bukhkalius is an extinct genus of beetle belonging to the family Ommatidae, it contains the single species, Bukhkalius lindae. It was described in 2017 initially as a species of the extant genus Tetraphalerus[1] and was placed into a separate monotypic genus in 2020.[2] It is known from a single specimen (NIGP 166152) from Burmese amber, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The specimen is around 4.7 mm long and around 1.3 mm wide.

Bukhalius
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Ommatidae
Genus:
†Bukhkalius

Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski 2020
Binomial name
†Bukhkalius lindae
Jarzembowski et al. 2017

References
  1. Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (October 2017). "Another amber first: A tiny tetraphalerin beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) in Myanmar birmite". Cretaceous Research. 78: 84–88. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.023.
  2. A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73
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