A ‘ giant’ Paleocene cerambycid (Coleoptera) from Menat Konservat-Lagerstätte, France Author Nel, André 98DF555A-16A0-4073-871C-E38BB506C676 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 FFB59C29-2169-46D5-874C-554C7CAC655A 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 1 136 157 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. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2401A67B-80F9-4F49-876B-BDF15D1227C1 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.