New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)
Author
Li, Yan-Da
0000-0002-9439-202X
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Centre for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China & ydli @ pku. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9439 - 202 X
ydli@pku.edu.cn
Author
Hsiao, Yun
0000-0003-2619-3296
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia & Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS 8 1 TQ, UK & yunhsiao @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2619 - 3296
yunhsiao@outlook.com
Author
Huang, Di-Ying
0000-0002-5637-4867
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Centre for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China & dyhuang @ nigpas. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5637 - 4867
dyhuang@nigpas.ac.cn
Author
Cai, Chen-Yang
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Centre for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-13
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.6
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Key to extant and extinct genera of
Prostomidae
1.
Temples not prominent; neck region indistinct (e.g., fig.
1 in
Ito & Yoshitomi 2017a
). Mandibles elongate; incisor edge with many teeth (fig.
32 in
Schawaller 1991
). Jugular processes (anteriorly produced genae) elongate, usually as long as mandibles (fig.
2 in
Ito & Yoshitomi 2017a
)..........................................................
Prostomis
Latreille
-
Temples distinctly projected posterolaterally; neck region distinct (
Figs 1D,E
,
3A,B
,
7B
). Mandibles short; incisor edge with 1–2 teeth (
Figs 1E
,
3D
,
7H
). Jugular processes shorter (
Figs 1D
,
3B
,
7A
).........................................
2
2.
Temporal projections large, broadly rounded (
Fig. 1D,E
). Pronotum with sides gradually converging anteriorly in anterior half (
Fig. 1A,B
).............................................................................
Dryocora
Pascoe
-
Temporal projections weaker and sharper (
Figs 3A,B
,
7B
). Pronotum with sides subparallel or weakly converging posteriorly (
Figs 2
,
5
)................................................................
Vetuprostomis
Engel & Grimaldi