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/ Alekseev et Bukejs des. 2021” [red handwritten label]; adult, sex unknown. A complete beetle included in a transparent, yellow amber piece with approximate dimensions of
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Baltic amber from Eocene amber-bearing blue Earth layers, mostly Bartonian age is interpreted for the extinct central European resin-producing forests (
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Bukejs
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Measurements: body length
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<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E7D5FE97D876" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Pronotum convex, transverse, about 2.3× wider than long, without impressions, widest at base, finely punctate. Lateral margins slightly rounded, gradually narrowed anteriad; lateral carina complete; posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior margin arcuate. Anterior angles not pronounced, broadly rounded; posterior angles roundly rectangular. Prohypomera without distinct punctures. Scutellar shield distinct, as long as wide, triangular with rounded lateral sides.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E086FF56D93A" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Elytra 1.24× longer than wide, about 3.7× longer than pronotal length, widest in basal half, slightly and gradually narrowed to apex; base nearly as wide as pronotal base; covered with fine, relatively dense irregular punctures. Sutural striae well developed, discernible in posterior four-fifths of elytra. Epipleura narrow, widest at humeri and then gradually narrowing posteriorly. Metaventrite with sublanceolate medial depression in posterior two-thirds of length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E13AFE57DA5A" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Forelegs short and slender; hind legs longer and most robust. Pro- and mesocoxae oblong, transverse, narrowly separated; metacoxae large, transverse, distinctly wider than metafemora, almost contiguous. Femora flattened; metafemora strongly widened, about 1.5× wider than mesofemora. Pro- and mesotibiae almost straight, with subparallel lateral sides; metatibiae narrowly triangular, about 2.4× longer than wide at apex; metatibiae with two long serrate spurs, subequal in length, about 0.85× longer than metatarsomere 1. Tarsal formula 5-5-4. Protarsus subequal in length to protibia, mesotarsus about 1.4× longer than mesotibia, metatarsus about 2.2× longer than metatibia. Ratio of relative lengths of mesotarsomeres 15 = 6:3:2:3:3; ratio of relative lengths of metatarsomeres 14 = 13:5:5:6. Pretarsal claws simple, small.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E25AFDEADAB5" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Abdomen with five visible ventrites; finely and densely punctured, distance between punctures equal to 0.5 1.5× diameter of one puncture; ventrite 5 with very shallowly emarginated apical margin; ratio of relative lengths of ventrites 15 = 10:10:7:7:10 (medially).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C306654DD9184D6006E0E2C6FCB7DB0E" pageId="8" pageNumber="150" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E2C6FCB7DB0E" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6006E0E2C6FE83DAEA" bold="true" box="[199,304,1735,1761]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Remark.</emphasis>
Metathoracic wings hidden. Forelegs, middle antennomeres and palpomeres are visible in contours only, perhaps due to preservation state of the specimen.
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<subSubSection id="C306654DD9184D6006E0E30EFB15DB46" pageId="8" pageNumber="150" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E30EFB15DB46" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6006E0E30EFEFDDB22" bold="true" box="[199,334,1807,1833]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Etymology.</emphasis>
The epithet of this new species is patronymic. The species is named after Johann Gottlieb Kugelann (17531815), born in Königsberg, an entomologist who worked on
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of the region.
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<subSubSection id="C306654DD9184D6006E0E356FB60DBD6" pageId="8" pageNumber="150" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BA336C6D9184D6006E0E356FB60DBD6" blockId="8.[151,1437,258,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">
<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6006E0E356FE63DB7A" bold="true" box="[199,464,1879,1905]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6007FEE356FD50DB7A" box="[473,739,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">Microscapha kugelanni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6004CAE356FCFADB7A" bold="true" box="[749,841,1879,1905]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57AFD9184D6004CAE356FCFADB7A" box="[749,841,1879,1905]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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differs from the morphologically similar extinct
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D600359E359FF40DB9E" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">M. andrzeji</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B37D9184D6006DCE37AFDA9DB9D" author="Bukejs, A. &amp; Alekseev, V. I." box="[251,538,1915,1942]" pageId="8" pageNumber="150" pagination="351 - 360" refId="ref15875" refString="Bukejs, A. &amp; Alekseev, V. I. (2015) First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa, 4012 (2), 351 - 360. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4012.2.5" type="journal article" year="2015">Bukejs et Alekseev, 2015</bibRefCitation>
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from Baltic amber by shorter and wider body, about 1.9× longer than wide (in contrast to about 2.2× longer than wide in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6004ADE3A1FCBCDBB2" box="[650,783,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">M. andrzeji</emphasis>
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); in smaller body length (
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in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6002E4E3A1FAFBDBB2" box="[1219,1352,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">M. andrzeji</emphasis>
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); more rounded sides of scutellar shield (straight in
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<emphasis id="B968EAD4D9184D6004AFE3C5FCBADBD6" box="[648,777,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="150">M. andrzeji</emphasis>
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); and anteriorly incomplete sutural stria.
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