A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) Author Kolibáč, Jiří Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic. & jkolibac@mzm.cz Author Schmied, Heiko Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften und Ressourcenschutz, Melbweg 42, 53127 Bonn, Germany. & teinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. schmied@uni-bonn.de Author Wappler, Torsten teinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. twappler@uni-bonn.de Author Kubisz, Daniel Muszeum Przyrodnicze, Sebastiana 9, 31 - 049 Kraków, Poland. kubisz@muzeum.pan.krakow.pl text Zootaxa 2010 2010-09-22 2620 1 29 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2620.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2620.1.2 67695c71-eadd-4537-9e0f-4afd9dcdd94c 1175-5326 198079 CB226A22-5EA6-4151-B7C0-DE97C1F618A7 Promanus depressus Sharp, 1877 ( Figs 17–22 , 25, 28, 32 ) Material examined. Sex unknown: “ Promanus depressus / Type D. S./ Riccarton, N.Zd.” [handwritten on the label with the specimen ], “Type” [in red circle], “ New Zealand ”, “ Sharp Coll ./ 1905 -313”. Female : “ Promanus depressus / 2nd. typ./ D. S./ Riccarton N.Zd.” [handwritten], “ New Zealand ”, “ Sharp Coll ./ 1905 - 313”. Sex unknown: “ Promanus depressus / var.?/ Dunedin N.Zd. ” [handwritten]. All specimens deposited in The Natural History Museum, London ( British Museum Natural History ). Note: The female type specimen was mechanically damaged. Remaining body parts were mounted in a drop of dimethyl hydantoin formaldehyde on a card and pinned together with labels. Diagnosis. Body length 6.8–7.8 mm; darkest of the species – dorsal surface dark brown to black; dorsal surface very finely pubescencent; head densely punctate at dorsal side; terminal joint of labial palps nearly cylindrical, weakly dilated towards apex; terminal joint of maxillary palps securiform; antenna 11-segmented, with distinct 3-segmented club; eyes distinctly elevated; gular area without wrinkles, nearly smooth; elytra with two carinae along suture, other carinae indistinct; anterior margin of mesosternum incised; wing with four veins in medial field, without wedge cell but with MP3-MP4 cross vein present; Rc oval, obliquely situated; tibia with several spines along outer side, and row of little spines along apex; female tergite VIII (pygidium) shallowly incised at base; sternite VIII shown in Fig. 18 . Detailed description and illustrations of the species published by Kolibáč (2005) .