A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener
Author
Bukejs, Andris
Author
Alekseev, Vitalii I.
Author
Cooper, David M. L.
Author
King, Gavin A.
Author
Mckellar, Ryan C.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-29
4550
4
565
572
journal article
27465
10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.6
aed90136-53f9-4de1-944a-0fd6c8433dc8
1175-5326
2625675
188DEE45-B408-4766-98B0-109C7E7B3B7E
Genus
Pycnomerus
Erichson, 1842
Remarks.
The specimen considered here was assigned to the genus
Pycnomerus
on the basis of the following morphological characters: (1) tarsal formula 4-4-4; (2) procoxal process expanded at apex, wider than coxal cavity, with apex truncate; (3) procoxal cavities externally closed; (4) pro- and metacoxae widely separated; (5) antennal setation sparse; (6) body glabrous, parallel-sided; (7) eyes rounded, entire (not divided by genal canthus), finely faceted, without interfacetal setae; (8) each elytron with 10 striae; (9) subantennal grooves indistinct; and (10) hypomeron without antennal cavities.