title: New fossil genus of Silvanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene).
abstract: The fossil silvanid beetle Mistran ot gen. et sp. nov. is described from Baltic amber. The new taxon is illustrated and compared with morphologically close extant and fossil taxa. A checklist of fossil Silvanidae is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VO "Kaliningrad State Technical University", Sovetsky av. 1. 236000 Kaliningrad, Russia.; Email: alekseew0802@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Vitalii I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Alekseev
authors.affiliation: Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia.; Email: carabidae@inbox.lv.
authors.forename: Andris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bukejs
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005580:Fossils; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018647:Amber