Diversity of Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Upper Eocene Rovno amber
Author
Jałoszyński, Paweł
Author
Perkovsky, Evgeny
text
Zootaxa
2016
4157
1
1
85
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4157.1.1
2389f078-1812-4b4e-826a-561cd7e46654
1175-5326
262413
6BF4514A-892F-499F-BC1E-B7920C7A00B0
?
Euconnus
sp. 2
(
Figs 27
,
189–192
)
Material
studied.
Late Eocene
of
Europe
,
Rovno
amber:
sex unknown; inclusion in subquadrate piece of amber
10 mm
long (
Fig. 27
), collection number K-24859 (
SIZK
).
FIGURES 186–188.
Euconnus
sp. 1 (K-9126). Nearly dorsal (186), ventral (187) and lateral (188) views. Abbreviations: abp, antebasal pit; bef, basal elytral fovea; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; cl, clypeus; fr, frons; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lbr, labrum; lp, labial palp; md, mandible; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp3–4, maxillary palpomere III–IV; pg, pygidium; slc, sublateral carina; st3–8, abdominal sternite III–VIII; v3, metaventrite.
Description.
Body (
Figs 189–192
) elongate, relatively stout and strongly convex, nearly black; BL
1.55 mm
.
Head (
Figs 189–192
) broadest at eyes, HL
0.30 mm
; shape of vertex and frons difficult to assess but both convex (
Fig. 192
); tempora seem about as long as eyes or slightly longer (
Fig. 192
). Punctures and setae on frons and vertex poorly visible, setae seem sparse and suberect (
Fig. 192
), tempora (
Fig. 192
;
tm
) covered with sparse thick bristles. Antennae (
Figs 189–192
) slightly shorter than half BL, AnL
0.75 mm
, scape and pedicel strongly elongate, shapes of most of flagellomeres, especially distal ones, difficult to assess, but antennae seem to have indistinctly demarcated club composed of antennomeres VIII–XI.
Pronotum (
Figs 189–192
) of unclear shape; PL
0.38mm
; anterior margin seems arcuate; posterior margin shallowly bisinuate, shapes of pronotal corners and lateral margins difficult to assess; base of pronotum with short but distinct sublateral carinae (
Fig. 192
;
slc
) and one (inner) pair of antebasal pits (
Fig. 192
;
abp
). Punctures on pronotal disc (
Figs 191–192
) small but distinct, separated by spaces 3–4 times as wide as diameters of punctures; setae (
Figs 101–192
) short, sparse, suberect; sides of pronotum with thick bristles.
Elytra (
Figs 189–192
) elongate oval, strongly convex, EL
0.75 mm
; punctures and setae similar to those on pronotum (
Figs 191–192
). Scutellum not visible between elytral bases.
Legs (
Figs 189–192
) moderately long, slender, unmodified.
Remarks.
This specimen resembles many extant species of
Euconnus
, but key generic characters, located mostly on the ventral side of pterothorax, are not visible. If this is
Euconnus
, then certainly not conspecific with the two specimens described above.