Earliest teredid beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Teredidae): new genus and species
Author
Li, Yan-Da
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing 210008, China. & Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue,
Author
Huang, Di-Ying
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing 210008, China.
cycai@nigpas.ac.cn
Author
Cai, Chen-Yang
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing 210008, China. & Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue,
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Zoologia
2022
e 22042
2022-12-16
39
1
9
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v39.e22042
journal article
300549
10.1590/S1984-4689.v39.e22042
ec400598-f3ab-464c-9507-2e9039e7749a
1984-4689
13173808
Delteredolaemus hei
Li & Cai
sp. nov.
Figs 1–17
https://zoobank.org/
30C72903-95AF-4730-AC7A-CD6298FDE330
Material.
Holotype
,
NIGP200000
.
Locality and horizon. Amber mine located near Noije Bum Village, Tanai Township, Myitkyina District,
Kachin State
,
Myanmar
; unnamed horizon, mid-Cretaceous (Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian;
Shi et al. 2012
,
Mao et al. 2018
).
Diagnosis. As for the genus.
Description. Body elongate, cylindrical, about
1.75 mm
long,
0.45 mm
wide, widest in anterior part of abdomen; surface with scattered setae.
Head (
Fig. 7
) prognathous, widest across the eyes. Compound eyes (
Fig. 7
) finely facetted, without interfacetal setae. Antennal insertions (
Fig. 16
) exposed from above. Antennae (
Figs 7
,
17
) likely 11-segmented; antennomere 1 robust; antennomeres 1–4 progressively narrower; antennomeres 10 and 11 forming a relatively compact club; antennomeres 1–9 with scattered long setae only; antennomere 11 with dense sensorial setae. Mandibles (
Fig. 7
) (at least) bidentate. Maxillary palps (
Fig. 7
) 4-segmented, with apical palpomere subconical. Labial palps (
Fig. 7
) with apical palpomere likely cylindrical.
Pronotal disc about 1.4 times as long as wide; surface without special modifications (carinae, cavities, grooves, or paired impressions); posterior pronotal edge posteriorly produced at middle, forming rather distinct angle (
Fig. 12
); lateral pronotal carinae complete (
Fig. 15
). Notosternal suture complete (
Fig. 15
). Prosternal process either absent or completely concealed by projecting procoxae (
Fig. 8
). Procoxae (
Fig. 8
) projecting and contiguous (status of coxal cavities unknown).
Scutellar shield (
Fig. 12
) small and rounded. Elytra (
Fig. 3
) elongate; surface with clear puncture rows, without costae; scutellar striole absent; epipleura narrow. Mesoventrite (
Fig. 9
) without median carina; mesoventral process well-developed, slightly broadened at middle, apically narrowly rounded. Mesocoxal cavities narrowly separated (
Fig. 9
). Metaventrite anteromedially tumid (
Figs 6
,
9
); median discrimen absent. Metacoxae (
Fig. 10
) transversely oval, narrowly separated.
Legs well-developed, slender. Trochanters large and well visible, with strongly oblique trochanterofemoral joint (
Figs 8–10
). Tibiae with spines present at outer apical angle only (
Figs 8–10
); tibial spurs 2-2-2, well-developed (
Figs 8–10
). Tarsi all 4-segmented; tarsomeres simple, unlobed (
Figs 8–10
). Pretarsal claws simple; empodium present, bisetose.
Abdomen with five ventrites (
Figs 10, 11
). Ratio of ventrite lengths along middle: 3.8:1.3:1.1:1.0:1.5. Ventrite 1 with intercoxal process narrow and apically acuminate (
Fig. 10
).
Etymology. The species is named after Mr. Hai-Kun He (
Guangdong
,
China
), who kindly donated many fossils for our research.