“ Attagenus ” burmiticus from mid-Cretaceous amber reinterpreted as a member of Orphilinae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
Author
LI, YAN-DA
Author
HUANG, DI‑YING
Author
CAI, CHEN‑YANG
text
Palaeoentomology
2022
2022-08-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.4.12
journal article
10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.4.12
2624-2834
7333367
E4F9017E-513F-4607-833D-92782FB23DA1
Genus
Nothattagenus
Li & Cai
gen. nov.
Type
species.
Attagenus burmiticus
Cai, Háva & Huang, 2016
(
in
Cai
et al
., 2017
)
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from the Greek “
nothos
”, false, and the generic name
Attagenus
Latreille.
The name is masculine in gender.
Composition.
Only
Nothattagenus burmiticus
(Cai, Háva & Huang,
2016
in
Cai
et al
. 2017
)
comb. nov.
Diagnosis.
Dorsal surface pubescent (
Figs 1A
,
2E
). Antennomere 11 abruptly narrowed in apical half (
Fig. 2A, B
). Mandibular apex normally situated (rather than displaced proximally) (
Fig. 2A
). Metacoxae strongly transverse, reaching elytral margins laterally (
Fig. 2C
). Abdominal ventrites completely lined by sharp outer carina (
Fig. 2D
).