A new fossil Eurypinae genus and sexual dimorphism in the representatives of Omineus (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) from Tertiary amber of Europe
Author
Alekseev, Vitalii Igorevich
0000-0003-4390-5443
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia. alekseew 0802 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4390 - 5443 & Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii square 1, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia.
alekseew0802@yahoo.com
Author
Bukejs, Andris
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienîbas 13, Daugavpils LV- 5401, Latvia.
Author
Pollock, Darren Andrew
Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130 USA.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-29
4820
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551
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journal article
8966
10.11646/zootaxa.4820.3.8
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1175-5326
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Genus
Europoeurypus
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Europoeurypus inglaeso
sp. nov.
, by present designation
Diagnosis.
Europoeurypus
gen. nov.
(
Figs. 1–5
) can be distinguished from all other described
Eurypinae
genera by the following characters: (1) ocular (suborbital) groove not distinct; (2) head with straight, subparallel frontal furrows; (3) eyes protuberant, very slightly emarginated, without intrafacetal setae; (4) lateral carina of pronotum present in basal two-thirds; (5) frontoclypeal suture discernible; (6) dorsal body surface evenly punctate and setose; (7) pronotal disc with pair of small basal triangular impressions; (8) mandibles bidentate apically; (9) tarsal claws thickened basally, without tooth; and (10) total body length larger than
10 mm
.
Among extant
Eurypinae
, the new genus has a similar form to species of both
Thisiomorphus
Pic, 1931
and
Eurypus
Kirby, 1819
. Species of both genera have a relatively wide pronotum and an elongate-oval body (
Pollock 2016
).
Europoeurypus
gen
.
nov
.
can be distinguished from
Eurypus
by the eyes without setation, not especially widened penultimate tarsomere and shorter antennae, and from
Thisiomorphus
by the considerably larger body size, the shorter antennae, the smaller eyes, tarsal claws without sharp tooth, and distinct frontoclypeal suture. This new genus from Baltic amber differs from known Eocene
Eurypinae
(see also key below) as follows: from
Bertinotus gallicus
Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2009
(Lowermost Eocene amber of Oise,
France
) in punctate head, bidentate mandibles, non-toothed claws, markedly larger body size; from
Glesoconomorphus nachzehrer
Alekseev, Pollock & Bukejs, 2019
and
Omineus febribilis
Alekseev, Pollock & Bukejs, 2019
(both Eocene Baltic amber,
Russia
) in ocular groove absent and frontal furrows present, lateral carina of pronotum present, distinctly larger body size, and comparatively shorter antennae.
Etymology.
The name of the new genus is a compound word and combines “
Europa
” (Europe, western part of the continent Eurasia from where the Baltic amber originates) and “
Eurypus
” (name of the
type
genus in the subfamily). Gender masculine.
Remarks.
The new genus is monotypic, represented by the
type
species only. Therefore the generic description considerably overlaps that of the species.