Francesco Vitali, 2006f - Taxonomic, biological and evolutionistic notes on the Spondylidinae included in Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) - Entomapeiron (P. S.) 1 (3): 29-44.
ISBN10: 88-87400-03-2; ISBN13: 978-88-87400-03-8

The fossil Spondylidinae described so far in Baltic amber (Late Eocene) are analysed.

Nothorrhina granulicollis Zang, 1905 is corrected in Nothorhina granulicollis Zang, 1905.

The genus Palaeoasemum Abdullah, 1967 is recognised as a younger synonym of Nothorhina Redtenbacher, 1845.
Palaeoasemum crowsoni Abdullah, 1967 and Palaeoasemum duffyi Abdullah, 1967 are recognised as younger synonyms of Nothorhina granulicollis Zang, 1905.

The taxonomic position of Spondylis crassicornis Giebel, 1856 is analysed. This fossil cerambycid, whose holotype (Universitat Leipzig) is lost, must be considered as Cerambycidae incertae sedis.

The presence in Baltic amber of the genus Tetropium Kirby, 1837 is analysed.

The biology, the geonemy and the palaeohistory of Nothorhina granulicollis are here proposed in relationship with those of the extant congeners Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817) and Nothorhina gardneri Plavilshikov, 1934.
Several pictures of the types and other included specimens are provided.

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