First fossil representative of Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) described using X-ray micro-computed tomography, from Eocene Baltic amber
Author
Bukejs, Andris
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienîbas 13, Daugavpils, LV- 5401, Latvia.
Author
Ślipiński, Adam
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
Author
Mitchell, Jerit L.
Physics Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S 4 S 0 A 2, Canada.
Author
Mckellar, Ryan C.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St., Regina, SK, S 4 P 4 W 7, Canada. & Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S 4 S 0 A 2, Canada. & Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA
Author
Bi, Mauricio Bar-
Physics Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S 4 S 0 A 2, Canada.
Author
Larsson, Hans C. E.
Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H 3 A 0 C 4, Canada.
Author
Alekseev, Vitalii I.
0000-0003-4390-5443
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia. alekseew 0802 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4390 - 5443 & Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii square 1, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia. & Institute of Living Systems, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo street 14, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia. * Corresponding author. carabidae @ inbox. lv; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7165 - 3023
alekseew0802@yahoo.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-07
5032
2
225
236
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.4
1175-5326
5487322
CC4A16A2-969B-4BF9-B01E-AC0AC91258B3
Genus
Protostomopsis
Bukejs, Ślipiński et Alekseev
gen. nov.
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Type
species:
Protostomopsis pandema
Bukejs, Ślipiński et Alekseev
sp. nov.
, by present designation.
Diagnosis.
Protostomopsis
gen. nov.
can easily be distinguished from
Ostomopsis
Scott,
1922
in having antenna with 11 antennomeres and two terminal antennomeres forming loose antennal club (decamerous with club composed of fused antennomeres 10 and 11, with distinct constriction bearing peculiar sensillum in
Ostomopsis
), and the elytron bearing 10 rows of punctures (8 or
9 in
Ostomopsis
).
Etymology.
The new genus-group name
Protostomopsis
is composed of the ancient Greek prefix “proto-” (meaning “first”, “prior to”, “before”) and the genus name “
Ostomopsis
”. The gender is feminine.