A ‘ giant’ Paleocene cerambycid (Coleoptera) from Menat Konservat-Lagerstätte, France
Author
Nel, André
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Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier 75005, Paris, France.
anel@mnhn.fr
Author
Kirejtshuk, Alexander
D63E800C-87F6-4281-8658-C3C032FE8628
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
kirejtshuk@gmail.com
Author
Garrouste, Romain
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Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier 75005, Paris, France.
garroust@mnhn.fr
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-02-07
921
1
136
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2423/10717
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2423
2118-9773
10628611
45D0E738-77BA-49EA-8B9F-4828E919AAD8
Genus
Palaeosphryon
gen. nov.
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Type
species
Palaeosphryon menatensis
gen. et sp. nov.
Diagnosis
Body very large,
70 mm
long; antennomere 3 as long as first and second together but shorter than length of fourth plus fifth; elytra elongate, gently narrowing posteriorly, at apices rounded and with two very small processes; eyes very shallowly emarginate anteriorly; no apical spine on protibia; pronotum subtrapezoid, with subrectilinear anterior margin, three rather short spines with blunt apex at each side, without spine at antero-lateral shoulder.
Etymology
The name of new genus is created from the Greek ‘palaiós’ (παλαιός) ‘old, ancient’ and the genus name
Osphryon
. Masculine gender.