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<mods:title id="2B99BBC38E2EF64CC223C41198ABAD22">Fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula: new genus, six new species, new records and key to described taxa</mods:title>
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Genus
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species:
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690701E0CAFDE2D8E8" box="[294,593,1227,1251]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Electroxylita chronographica</emphasis>
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, here designated.
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6906B0E110FF65D920" bold="true" box="[151,214,1297,1323]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Note.</emphasis>
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The newly described fossil taxon,
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690472E110FD56D920" box="[597,741,1297,1323]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Electroxylita</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9114D6904CDE110FCE1D920" box="[746,850,1297,1323]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, possesses typical external morphological characters of the tribe
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690731E134FEDED944" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1864" box="[278,365,1333,1359]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Xylitini">Xylitini</taxonomicName>
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within the subfamily
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690478E134FD4CD944" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1815" box="[607,767,1333,1359]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Melandryinae">Melandryinae</taxonomicName>
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: procoxae contiguous, pretarsal claws simple, 11-segmented antennae short and filiform, base of pronotum closely associated with elytral base, head concealed from above, lateral and basal edges of pronotum margined, lateral pronotal sides carinate, pronotum without impressions at base, notosternal sutures distinct but non-carinate, penultimate tarsomere of pro- and mesotarsi widened, meso- and metatibial spurs equal in lengths and comparatively short, tibiae without ridges, protrochantin visible, metatarsomere 1 long etc. However,
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6907EAE1E8FDEEDA08" authority="Alekseev & Bukejs, 2021" authorityName="Alekseev & Bukejs" authorityYear="2021" box="[461,605,1513,1539]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Electroxylita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6907EAE1E8FDEEDA08" box="[461,605,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Electroxylita</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690442E1E8FD7CDA08" bold="true" box="[613,719,1513,1539]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9114D690442E1E8FD7CDA08" box="[613,719,1513,1539]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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does not fully correspond to any extant genus of the tribe, and therefore it is placed into a new genus.
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6906E0E230FE7EDA40" bold="true" box="[199,461,1585,1611]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The tribe
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, consists of 5–6 extant genera (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B37D9114D6905C8E230FAB8DA40" author="Nikitsky, N. B. & Pollock, D. A." box="[1007,1291,1585,1611]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" refId="ref16460" refString="Nikitsky, N. B. & Pollock, D. A. (2010) Melandryidae. In: Leschen, R. A. B., Beutel, R. G. & Lawrence, J. F. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Vol. 2. Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co, Berlin, pp. 520 - 533." type="book" year="2010">Nikitsky & Pollock 2010</bibRefCitation>
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), namely
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690352E233FED0DA64" authority="Paykull, 1798" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690352E233FF0FDA64" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Xylita</emphasis>
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Paykull, 1798
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690749E254FDF4DA64" authority="Forel, 1893" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1893" box="[366,583,1621,1647]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Rushia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690749E254FE0FDA64" box="[366,444,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Rushia</emphasis>
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Förel, 1893
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690475E254FC6BDA64" authority="Jacquelin du Val, 1863" authorityName="Jacquelin du Val" authorityYear="1863" box="[594,984,1621,1647]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Dolotarsus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690475E254FD7DDA64" box="[594,718,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Dolotarsus</emphasis>
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Jacquelin du Val, 1863
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,
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6905C4E254FBD1DA64" box="[995,1122,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Scotochroa</emphasis>
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LeConte, 1874
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</taxonomicName>
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(which may be synonymous with
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6907A0E278FDB0DA98" box="[391,515,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Dolotarsus</emphasis>
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),
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D69043CE278FCF9DA98" authority="Mank, 1939" authorityName="Mank" authorityYear="1939" box="[539,842,1657,1683]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Scotochroides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D69043CE278FD0ADA98" box="[539,697,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Scotochroides</emphasis>
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Mank, 1939
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6905A2E278FB22DA98" authority="LeConte, 1862" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1862" box="[901,1169,1657,1683]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Spilotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6905A2E278FC6CDA98" box="[901,991,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Spilotus</emphasis>
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LeConte, 1862
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6902BBE278FA9FDA98" box="[1180,1324,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Electroxylita</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690314E278FA2FDA98" bold="true" box="[1331,1436,1657,1683]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9114D690314E278FA2FDA98" box="[1331,1436,1657,1683]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690700E29CFED9DABC" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" box="[295,362,1693,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690700E29CFED9DABC" box="[295,362,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Xylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D69075EE29CFE74DABC" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1893" box="[377,455,1693,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Rushia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D69075EE29CFE74DABC" box="[377,455,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Rushia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6907F1E29CFDE1DABC" authorityName="Jacquelin du Val" authorityYear="1863" box="[470,594,1693,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Dolotarsus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6907F1E29CFDE1DABC" box="[470,594,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Dolotarsus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6904B5E29CFCA2DABC" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1874" box="[658,785,1693,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Scotochroa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6904B5E29CFCA2DABC" box="[658,785,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Scotochroa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in conical antennomeres distinctly longer than wide. The newly described genus can be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6904E9E2C0FCAFDAD0" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1893" box="[718,796,1729,1755]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Rushia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6904E9E2C0FCAFDAD0" box="[718,796,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Rushia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D69050DE2C0FC37DAD0" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1862" box="[810,900,1729,1755]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Spilotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D69050DE2C0FC37DAD0" box="[810,900,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Spilotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6905E3E2C0FBB4DAD0" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" box="[964,1031,1729,1755]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6905E3E2C0FBB4DAD0" box="[964,1031,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Xylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the comparatively short prosternum before proxocal cavities, from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D69040DE2E4FDCBDAF4" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1893" box="[554,632,1765,1791]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Rushia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D69040DE2E4FDCBDAF4" box="[554,632,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Rushia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the anteriorly converging lateral pronotal margins, from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690339E2E4FA2EDAF4" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1874" box="[1310,1437,1765,1791]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Scotochroa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690339E2E4FA2EDAF4" box="[1310,1437,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Scotochroa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the shape of apical maxillary palpomere, from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6904E0E308FCB9DB28" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" box="[711,778,1801,1827]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6904E0E308FCB9DB28" box="[711,778,1801,1827]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Xylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the separate mesocoxae and transverse pronotum, from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6906B0E32CFE86DB4C" authorityName="Mank" authorityYear="1939" box="[151,309,1837,1863]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Scotochroides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D6906B0E32CFE86DB4C" box="[151,309,1837,1863]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Scotochroides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by shorter and not so robust antennae, from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690504E32CFCCEDB4C" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1862" box="[803,893,1837,1863]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Spilotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690504E32CFCCEDB4C" box="[803,893,1837,1863]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Spilotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in procoxal cavities with distinct fissure, unicolorous elytra, and weakly bisinuate pronotal base.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9114D6A06E0E374FDA1DD4A" blockId="1.[151,1437,1297,2008]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,609]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="144" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">
|
||
The oldest geological record of the family
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6904B8E374FC88DB84" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1815" box="[671,827,1909,1935]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Melandryidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
is
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D69057DE374FAA3DB84" authority="Nikitsky 1977" authorityName="Nikitsky" authorityYear="1977" box="[858,1296,1909,1935]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Archaeoxylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zherichini">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D69057DE374FBDFDB84" box="[858,1132,1909,1935]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Archaeoxylita zherichini</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B37D9114D690255E374FAA3DB84" author="Nikitsky, N. B." box="[1138,1296,1909,1935]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" pagination="140 - 143" refId="ref16201" refString="Nikitsky, N. B. (1977) Two new genera of false darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Upper Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal, 2, 140 - 143. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1977">Nikitsky 1977</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Lower Cretaceous (Santonian) Taimyr amber (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B37D9114D69046AE398FD41DBB8" author="Nikitsky, N. B." box="[589,754,1945,1971]" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" pagination="140 - 143" refId="ref16201" refString="Nikitsky, N. B. (1977) Two new genera of false darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Upper Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal, 2, 140 - 143. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1977">Nikitsky 1977</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The original description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D690213E398FB63DBB8" box="[1076,1232,1945,1971]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Archaeoxylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9114D690213E398FB63DBB8" box="[1076,1232,1945,1971]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="143">Archaeoxylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
lacks tribal placement, but the genus corresponds to the tribe
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9114D6904A9E3BCFD56DBDC" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1864" box="[654,741,1981,2007]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="143" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Xylitini">Xylitini</taxonomicName>
|
||
in reported characters (procoxae contiguous, penultimate tarsomere widened, large and cultriform ultimate maxillary palpomere, non-striate elytra etc.). The Cretaceous beetle resembles the recent genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A07F6E4BAFDACDCDE" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1893" box="[465,543,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Rushia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A07F6E4BAFDACDCDE" box="[465,543,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Rushia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and strongly resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A0511E4BAFCCADCDE" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" box="[822,889,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A0511E4BAFCCADCDE" box="[822,889,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Xylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
according to original diagnosis and comparison (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B37D9124D6A06B8E4DEFEF5DCF2" author="Nikitsky, N. B." box="[159,326,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" pagination="140 - 143" refId="ref16201" refString="Nikitsky, N. B. (1977) Two new genera of false darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Upper Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal, 2, 140 - 143. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1977">Nikitsky 1977</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The Baltic amber
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A040BE4DEFD0FDCF2" authority="Alekseev & Bukejs, 2021" authorityName="Alekseev & Bukejs" authorityYear="2021" box="[556,700,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Electroxylita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A040BE4DEFD0FDCF2" box="[556,700,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Electroxylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A04E2E4DEFC82DCF2" bold="true" box="[709,817,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9124D6A04E2E4DEFC82DCF2" box="[709,817,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A05EBE4DEFBDBDCF2" box="[972,1128,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Archaeoxylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A05EBE4DEFBDBDCF2" box="[972,1128,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Archaeoxylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in relative length ratios of metatarsomeres, in comparatively non-widened antennomeres 9 and 10, in larger body size (body length of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A0364E502FEE9DD4A" authorityName="Nikitsky" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Archaeoxylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zherichini">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A0364E502FEE9DD4A" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Archaeoxylita zherichini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is about
|
||
<quantity id="4CE49B23D9124D6A07E7E526FDB6DD4A" box="[448,517,295,321]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9124D6A06E0E54AFCB2DDDA" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">
|
||
Additionally,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A0746E54AFE42DD6E" authority="Alekseev & Bukejs, 2021" authorityName="Alekseev & Bukejs" authorityYear="2021" box="[353,497,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Electroxylita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A0746E54AFE42DD6E" box="[353,497,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Electroxylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A07DEE54AFDD1DD6E" bold="true" box="[505,610,331,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9124D6A07DEE54AFDD1DD6E" box="[505,610,331,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from extant representatives of the tribe in the following combination of characters: (1) small body size (extant representatives are mostly larger than
|
||
<quantity id="4CE49B23D9124D6A026EE56EFB3CDD82" box="[1097,1167,367,393]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" unit="mm" value="6.0">6 mm</quantity>
|
||
), (2) large apical maxillary palpomere (longer than palpomeres 1–3 combined), (3) short portion of prosternum before procoxae; and (4) uniform and very fine pronotal and elytral punctuation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C306654DD9124D6A06E0E5DAFC1ADE12" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9124D6A06E0E5DAFC1ADE12" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A06E0E5DAFEFDDDFE" bold="true" box="[199,334,475,501]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The name of the new genus is a compound word: “electron” (ancient Greek word for amber), and “
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D45D9124D6A0683E5FEFF54DE12" authorityName="Paykull" authorityYear="1798" box="[164,231,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Melandryidae" genus="Xylita" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A0683E5FEFF54DE12" box="[164,231,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Xylita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” (name of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78864D9124D6A07A9E5FEFE0DDE12" box="[398,446,511,537]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">type</typeStatus>
|
||
genus in the tribe). The gender is feminine.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C306654DD9124D6A06E0E622FDD7DE6A" pageId="2" pageNumber="144" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9124D6A06E0E622FDD7DE6A" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9124D6A06E0E622FE88DE36" bold="true" box="[199,315,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The new genus is monotypic, represented by the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78864D9124D6A057CE622FC38DE36" box="[859,907,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="144">type</typeStatus>
|
||
species only. Therefore, the generic description considerably overlaps that of the species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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