Passandra septentrionaria sp. nov.: the first described species of Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber
Author
Bukejs, Andris
Author
Alekseev, Vitalii I.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4144
1
117
123
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.7
acb70f7b-aa2e-4729-bc9a-4c794f63e119
1175-5326
257699
C9DCB2BE-6DE6-416D-A0A7-076AA2716C6D
Passandra
Dalman, 1817
Remarks.
The species under consideration belongs to the genus
Passandra
on the basis of the following morphological characters: (1) tarsomere 1 of all tarsi short, distinctly shorter than tarsomere 2; (2) admedian grooves on head well developed and joined posteriorly to occipital groove; (3) sublateral grooves on head shallow and clearly joined to occipital groove, (4) elytra with grooves 1 and 6 complete, grooves 2–5 reduced; (5) pronotal sublateral lines present; (6) antennomeres 5–6 narrowly grooved ventrally (other antennomeres not clearly visible in examined specimens); and (7) antennomere 11 asymmetric and keeled.