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Diagnosis: Small, markedly shiny ground beetle (due to reduced microsculpture on body surface), with nearly cylindrical body shape (Figs
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); pronotal marginal borders absent, very slender mandibles and maxillae, and with basal protarsomeres in male not widened.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">Figures 11-14.</emphasis>
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gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype.
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Dorsal aspect (the black arrows point to the positions of the discal seta on left elytron).
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Ventral aspect.
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Right lateral aspect.
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Left lateral aspect (the black arrows point to the positions of the seta of the umbilicate series on left elytron).
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Head: Slender in its anterior part, robust from level of eyes towards base, with disc markedly convex, base broad and neck constriction absent (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">15</figureCitation>
). Mandibles and maxillae notably long and slender, teeth on mandibular internal margin small, not prominent, markedly shifted basally, mandibular scrobe with seta (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">17</figureCitation>
). Labrum with apical margin very slightly concave, with six setae near apical margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">1</figureCitation>
). Clypeus with two primary setae on each side (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">15</figureCitation>
). Anterior and posterior tactile supraorbital setae present (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">15</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">16</figureCitation>
); suborbital seta absent. Furrows on head disc shallow, very short, terminating posteriorly at level of anterior supraorbital setae (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">15</figureCitation>
). Eyes moderately large, moderately protruded laterally; tempora short, about quarter of eye length, very slightly wrinkled towards the neck (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">15</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">16</figureCitation>
). Antennae moderately slender, pubescent beginning from second antennomere; pedicellus about as long as scapus and third antennomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">3</figureCitation>
). Ligula long and slender, with apex pointed, partly fused with paraglossae, latter distinctly protruded apically (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1520" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 20. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 15. Head, dorsal aspect. 16. Head, left lateral aspect. 17. Mandibles, dorsal aspect. 18. Head, ventral aspect. 19. Labium, ventral aspect. 20. Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; cs - clypeal setae; lbp - labial palpomeres; lig - ligula; mp - mentum pits; ls - pronotal lateral seta; ms - setae of mentum; n - negative imprint of the specimen on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized specimen (= positive); pa - paraglossae; r - retinacle of mandibular teeth; scs - scrobal setae of mandibles; sms - setae on submentum (only right side is shown); sos - supraorbital setae." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures15-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551017" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">19</figureCitation>
); chaetotaxy of ligula not visible with the methods we used. Mentum with median tooth simple, with one pair of sharply defined pits; mentum and submentum separated by distinct suture; mentum with one pair of tactile setae laterally of apical tooth, submentum with two pairs of tactile setae in normal position (Fig.
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). Terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres about as long as penultimate palpomere, with shape slightly conical (Fig.
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); penultimate maxillary palpomere glabrous; penultimate labial palpomere glabrous except for two long setae in middle.
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Prothorax: Small, subcordate, with disc markedly convex, and with apical, basal and lateral borders absent (Figs
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,
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,
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; in CT images from some angles, such as that shown in Fig.
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, the shrunken exoskeleton and the negative imprint of the beetle on the inclusion wall may give the impression of existing border lines); anterior margin straight with lateral angles rounded, not protruded anteriorly; basal margin slightly convex in middle and with outer sixth markedly shifted anterad; laterobasal angles moderately large, obtuse, very slightly protruded laterally; anterior lateral seta situated near anterior end of second pronotal third, posterior seta situated at basal angle (Figs
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,
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). Median line on pronotal disc deep between anterior and posterior transverse impressions, absent near apex and base; anterior transverse impression distinct, complete; posterior transverse impression broad, marked by three large pits medially, and small, irregularly impressed laterobasal grooves laterally (Fig.
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). Prosternum coarsely punctate (Figs
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,
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); prosternal process short, widened towards truncated posterior margin (Fig.
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); procoxal cavities closed externally.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">Figures 15-20.</emphasis>
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gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype.
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Head, dorsal aspect.
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Head, left lateral aspect.
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Mandibles, dorsal aspect.
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Head, ventral aspect.
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Labium, ventral aspect.
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Pronotum, dorsal aspect. Abbreviations:
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Pterothorax: Elytra in dorsal view moderately ovate to sub-parallel, much broader than pronotum, with sides very slightly narrowed towards broad humerus (Figs
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), in lateral and frontal or caudal views markedly convex towards disc, such that hind body is almost circular in cross-section (Figs
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,
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). Basal border absent from base of 5th stria inwards (Fig.
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). Parascutellar stria abbreviated, connected with the first stria, parascutellar tactile seta present, situated at base of second stria (Fig.
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). Striae 1-9 slightly impressed in anterior 4/5 but markedly accented by rows of large and deeply engraved punctures (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 810" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 8 - 10. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the paratype 3 (OSAC 000 - 2900387; 8), paratype 4 (OSAC 000 - 2900600; 9), paratype 5 (coll. Sciaky; 10); the enclosed photographs show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrow in 8 pointing to the location of the carabid fossil. 8. Dorsal view. 9. Left lateral view. 10. Right dorsolateral view. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; ds-a, ds-m, ds-p - anterior, medial respectively posterior discal seta on right elytron; ls - pronotal lateral seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures8-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551015" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">8</figureCitation>
-
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">21</figureCitation>
,
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,
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); punctures gradually less deep from anterior 1/9 towards base and posterior quarter towards apex, latter smooth beside the deeply engraved 1st and 8th striae, with recurrent stria absent and subapical setiferous pore
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(the seventh and the internally adjacent striae are invisible) (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">21</figureCitation>
); intervals convex on elytral disc, flat near elytral base and apex. Three discal setae present on each elytron; all are connected to the third stria, with anterior one located near end of anterior elytral 5th, second located slightly anterior of elytral middle, and posterior one located slightly posterior of elytral 2/3 (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 810" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 8 - 10. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the paratype 3 (OSAC 000 - 2900387; 8), paratype 4 (OSAC 000 - 2900600; 9), paratype 5 (coll. Sciaky; 10); the enclosed photographs show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrow in 8 pointing to the location of the carabid fossil. 8. Dorsal view. 9. Left lateral view. 10. Right dorsolateral view. Abbreviations: bs - pronotal basal seta; ds-a, ds-m, ds-p - anterior, medial respectively posterior discal seta on right elytron; ls - pronotal lateral seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures8-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551015" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">9</figureCitation>
,
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). Umbilicate series consists of eight setae distinctly separated into three groups (Fig.
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): humeral group (four setae, with posterior one slightly more distant than setae 1-3), medial group (two setae, located distinctly behind elytral middle), subapical group (two setae). Elytral subapical plica present (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">21</figureCitation>
). Hindwings fully developed. Mesoventrite and metaventrite near anterior margin coarsely punctate (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">22</figureCitation>
); mesocoxal cavities conjunct; mesepimeron wide, metanepisternum long and slender, external lobe of metepimeron well developed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">22</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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Legs moderately robust, short (Fig.
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). Protibia with antenna cleaner anisochaetous Grade B (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1155/1971/927545" author="Hlavac, TF" journalOrPublisher="Psyche" pageId="0" pageNumber="207" pagination="51 - 66" refId="B7" refString="Hlavac, TF, 1971. Differentiation of the carabid antennal cleaner. Psyche 78: 51 - 66, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1971/927545" title="Differentiation of the carabid antennal cleaner." url="https://doi.org/10.1155/1971/927545" volume="78" year="1971">Hlavac 1971</bibRefCitation>
), with basal portion of cleaning channel flat, extending basad far beyond insertion of the clip setae, and with insertion of posterior spur very slightly distad of that of the clip setae (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">24</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">25</figureCitation>
); protibial external surface smooth, without longitudinal groove, and with apicolateral surface obliquely excised (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">23</figureCitation>
). Basal protarsomeres of males not dilated, not uniquely dentate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">23</figureCitation>
). Fifth tarsomeres of all legs ventrally smooth, without setae. Mesocoxa with one seta at external margin; metacoxae laterally not extended to elytral epipleuron, trisetose, with both the external setae distinctly removed from the coxal ridge; metatrochanter with a single seta (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 2125" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 25. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype. 21. Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect. 22. Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter. 23. Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad. 24. Left proleg, view from anterad. 25. Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations: as - apical seta of elytra; asp - protibial apical spur; cls - clip setae; mem - mesepimeron; mtem - external lobe of metepimeron; mtes - metanepisternum; n - negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall; p - shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive); pl - epipleural apical plica of elytra; psp - protibial apical spur; pstp - prosternal process; sas - subapical seta of elytra; tc - tarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures21-25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551018" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">22</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">Figures 21-25.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">Balticeler kerneggeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the holotype.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">21.</emphasis>
Elytra and abdomen, left lateral aspect.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">22.</emphasis>
Ventral aspect of median part of body showing pro-, meso- and metasterna; the arrows point to the insertions of the setae on mesocoxa, metacoxa and metatrochanter.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">23.</emphasis>
Tarsomeres and apical portion of tibia of left proleg, view from dorsad.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">24.</emphasis>
Left proleg, view from anterad.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">25.</emphasis>
Antenna cleaner of left proleg, view from posterad (note that in the fossilized specimen the clip setae are preserved only in the negative imprint of the beetle body on the inclusion wall). Abbreviations:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">as</emphasis>
- apical seta of elytra;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">asp</emphasis>
- protibial apical spur;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">cls</emphasis>
- clip setae;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">mem</emphasis>
- mesepimeron;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">mtem</emphasis>
- external lobe of metepimeron;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">mtes</emphasis>
- metanepisternum;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">n</emphasis>
- negative imprint of the tibia on the inclusion wall;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">p</emphasis>
- shrunken exoskeleton of the fossilized tibia (= positive);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">pl</emphasis>
- epipleural apical plica of elytra;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">psp</emphasis>
- protibial apical spur;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">pstp</emphasis>
- prosternal process;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">sas</emphasis>
- subapical seta of elytra;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">tc</emphasis>
- tarsal claws.
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</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="207">
Abdomen: Smooth beside primary setation: segments IV-VI with a single, VII with two pairs of setae near apical margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 7. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., light microscopic images of the holotype (coll. Kernegger 235; 1 - 3), paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006; 4), paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234; 5 - 7); the enclosed photographs in 3 - 5 show the general view of the respective amber pieces, with arrows pointing to the respective location of the carabid fossil. 1. Frontolateral view of the fossil specimen. 2. Posterolateral view of the fossil specimen (the arrows point to the two setae on left side of abdominal segment VII). 3 - 5. Dorsal (3, 4) respectively left dorsolateral view (5) of the fossil specimens. 6. Head, left dorsolateral view (the white arrows point to the insertions of the four clypeal setae). 7. Right protarsomeres and anterior part of tibia with antenna cleaner, anterior surface. Abbreviations: a 1 - a 4 - antennomeres 1 - 4; ant - antenna; as - protibial anterior spur; cs - clip setae of antenna cleaner; el-l - left elytron; el-r - right elytron; hw - hind wing; ls - pronotal lateral seta; pr - pronotum; ps - protibial posterior spur; s 1, s 8 - 1 st resp. 8 th elytral stria; sas - subapical seta of elytra; sos - supraorbital seta." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures1-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551014" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="207">
Male genitalia: Shape of the parameres of
<taxonomicName authority="Schmidt &amp; Maddison, 2021" authorityName="Schmidt &amp; Maddison" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Balticeler" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="207" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="superTribe" superTribe="Trechitae">Trechitae</taxonomicName>
type, nearly symmetrical, in general structure similar to parameres of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kirkby" authorityYear="1837" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="207" rank="tribe" tribe="Patrobini">Patrobini</taxonomicName>
, markedly large, each with a long and slender apical apophysis which is more strongly sclerotized on its internal margin, with a large and almost discoidal middle portion, and with a heavily sclerotized basal portion (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">32a-d</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">35a</figureCitation>
); chaetotaxy and membranous parts (e.g., those which probably connect apical and medial portions of the parameres externally) not recognizable. Median lobe moderately long and slender, in lateral view slightly sinusoidal in apical third (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">32a</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">33</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">34a</figureCitation>
), in dorsal view with its distal portion very slightly bent to the right (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">32c, d</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">34b</figureCitation>
); apical lamella well-developed, almost as broad as median lobe. Dorsal surface of median lobe completely open: basal and apical ostia broadly connected across the dorsal median lobe surface, with separated lateral lobes of median lobe basal bulb (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., volume rendering of the aedeagus of paratype 1 (OSAC 000 - 2900006) (32, 33) and paratype 2 (coll. Groehn 8234) (34), and transverse sections through the abdomen with aedeagus of paratype 1 (35). 32 a, 33, 34 a. Left lateral view. 32 b. Left dorsolateral view. 32 c. Dorsal view. 32 d, 34 b. Ventral view. The parameres were separated using the segmentation function of Amira software and highlighted by green colour in 32 and 34. The position of the selected slice in 35 a is shown as a red line in 35 b which illustrates the aedeagus in right lateral view. Abbreviations: do - dorsal opening (= dorsally connected basal and apical ostia); la - apical lamella of aedeagus; lbl, lbr - left resp. right lobe of median lobe bulb; md - membranous dorsal surface of the median lobe; mv - ventral surface of the median lobe; pma-l - apical apophysis of the left paramere; pma-r - preserved remain of the apical apophysis of the right paramere; pmb-l, pmb-r - basal part of the left respectively right paramere; pmm-l, pmm-r - discoidal middle portion of the left respectively right paramere; st-IV - sternit IV." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.66181.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/551021" pageId="0" pageNumber="207">32b, c</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="207" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="207">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="207">
The generic name compounds the geographical term
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Balticum”">&quot;Balticum&quot;</normalizedToken>
which is the origin of the amber where the new fossil lineage is preserved, and the Latin verb
<normalizedToken originalValue="“celare”">&quot;celare&quot;</normalizedToken>
(concealing), and therewith refers to the specific circumstance that an odd lineage of ground beetles is hidden in Baltic amber.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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