A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) Author Kolibáč, Jiří Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic. & jkolibac@mzm.cz Author Schmied, Heiko Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften und Ressourcenschutz, Melbweg 42, 53127 Bonn, Germany. & teinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. schmied@uni-bonn.de Author Wappler, Torsten teinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. twappler@uni-bonn.de Author Kubisz, Daniel Muszeum Przyrodnicze, Sebastiana 9, 31 - 049 Kraków, Poland. kubisz@muzeum.pan.krakow.pl text Zootaxa 2010 2010-09-22 2620 1 29 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2620.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2620.1.2 67695c71-eadd-4537-9e0f-4afd9dcdd94c 1175-5326 198079 CB226A22-5EA6-4151-B7C0-DE97C1F618A7 Promanus Sharp, 1877 Type species: Promanus depressus Sharp, 1877 Remarks. The type species was described in detail and illustrated by Kolibáč (2005) and its morphological characters were listed repeatedly by Kolibáč (2006) . A phylogenetic position and classification within the tribe Lophocaterini were also mentioned in the latter paper and Kolibáč (2008) . Two other species of Promanus , P. auripilis Broun, 1893 and P. subcostatus Broun, 1909 , were studied preparing this communication. Generally, they are very similar to P. depressus , therefore, the genus is rather morphologically homogenous. Differences among all three species are listed in Table 2 . P. auripilis and P. costatus are similar each other. There are no significant differences in their sternites and tergites VIII ( Figs 10, 11 , 14, 15 , 18, 19 ) as well as in ovipositors and membranous parts of female reproductory organs ( Figs 12, 13, 16 ). Morphological differences mentioned in Table 2 are distinct but only single specimen of the each species was for study at disposal. That is not excluded that outer morphological characters, i.e. the elytral carinae, shape of mesosternal anterior margin, sculpture of head, body colour and body size, are variable in fact. The larger series of Promanus specimens should be studied to resolve the status of the both mentioned species. P. depressus differs distinctly from them, especially in body colour which is brown-black in all three studied specimens.