Throscidae (Coleoptera) relationships, with descriptions of new fossil genera and species
Author
Muona, Jyrki
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-03
4576
3
521
543
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.6
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1175-5326
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Trixagus parvulus
new species
Fig. 15
Type material
.
Holotype
labeled:
Trixagus parvulus
n. sp.
/
HOLOTYPE
/
J.Muona
des. 10-2015.
Found
from Jantarny.Another label with following data included:
Baltischer Bernstein
/
Fundort
: Balticum. Jantarny (
Russland
)/
Alter
:
Tertiär
,
Eozän
28-54 Mio. Jahre/
Inklusen
:
Käfer
,
Dungmücke
/www.fossilien.de.
Embedded
in rectangular piece
Baltic Amber
piece,
19 mm
x
16
mm
x
3
mm, sex unknown but most likely female.
Age
50
My. Hirsute
plant remains are present as well as a nematoceran dipteran (
Fig. 26
).
Dorsum
poorly visible, specimen slightly dorsoventrally compressed, venter entirely visible.
Length
2.0 mm
.
Diagnosis
. The presence of flattened, grooved tibiae in combination with absence of tarsal grooves places this species in
Trixagus
. The distinctly but not deeply emarginated eyes (
Fig. 15
) separate
T. parvulus
from all known species except the extant
T. dermestoides
.
T. parvulus
is smaller, more dorsally convex, has a wider pronotum and less emarginated eyes than
T. dermestoides
. The Eocene fossil species
T. majusculus
Kovalev, Kirejtshuk & Nel
is quite similar in form, but it is larger and has deeply excised eyes (Kovalev
et al
., 2012).
FIGURE 26.
Trixagus parvulus
n. sp.
, holotype.
Description
. Form fairly wide, pronotum convex, sides evenly rounded to hind angles (
Fig. 16
). Elytra bulbous, with sharp, minutely punctate striae, interstices with much larger, flat, moderately dense punctation (
Fig. 17
). Abdomen and metathorax with coarse, moderately dense punctation, hypomera with dense and coarse punctation. Antennae with stout, well-developed club, a9 and a10 transverse, a11 longer than wide (
Fig.16
).
Etymology
. One of the smallest known
Trixagus
species and the smallest fossil one.