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(
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Male, Baltic amber, ex coll.
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coll., access code BaA06RU.
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The amber piece is nearly shaped like a half-moon and measures approximately 26 x
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. The inclusion is complete, except for the left antenna totally missing. The mandibles are covered by turbidity and not visible.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209AC5FC3FFE9214C2" bold="true" box="[227,365,950,974]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Type locality</emphasis>
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One
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(
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), two Dipterans, two Heteropteran neanids, an indeterminable disarticulated insect, air bubbles, botanical remains, and stellate hairs.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209AC5FAB8FE2C1245" bold="true" box="[227,467,1329,1353]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209AC5FAFCFE4E1281" box="[227,433,1397,1421]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Kuskaella petriolii</emphasis>
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is easily distinguishable from
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209B6EFA11FE4B12A3" box="[328,436,1431,1455]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">K. bajerae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209AC5FA32FE7F12DE" box="[227,384,1467,1490]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">K. macroptera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC4208CFFA9BA209BA3FA33FD3C12DE" author="Fanti F. &amp; Kupryjanowicz J." box="[389,707,1466,1490]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="785 - 788" refId="ref1788" refString="Fanti F., Kupryjanowicz J., 2017. A new soldier beetle from Eocene Baltic amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 62 (4): 785 - 788." type="journal article" year="2017">Fanti &amp; Kupryjanowicz, 2017</bibRefCitation>
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by its last maxillary palpomere without an elongated tip at the apex (with a more or less elongated point in the other species). Furthermore, it differs from both species in its pronotum, sub-rectangular with straight sides instead of apically narrowed from the basal half, as in
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209876F903FD4111AC" box="[592,702,1672,1697]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">K. bajerae</emphasis>
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, or abruptly (male) or gradually (female) narrowed from the basal third, as in
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. Finally,
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differs from
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in its longer antennomeres.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFA9BA209920FE01FC7716AC" bold="true" box="[774,904,392,416]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Description</emphasis>
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Adult, winged, slender. Male, based on the long antennae and the last sternite elongated and narrower than last tergite. Body length about
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. Entirely brown.
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<paragraph id="8BEA5D7DFFA9BA209920FDF1FBA913BB" blockId="1.[774,1286,632,1207]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Head exposed, wide and broad, as wide as pronotum, slightly triangular behind eyes, covered with shallow dense punctation. Mandibles not visible. Maxillary palpomeres unequal; first segment very short, second elongated and globular; third small and short; last palpomere globular, apically thinner, without elongated point. Labial palps 3-segmented, last palpomere globular. Eyes large, roundish, prominent. Antennae 11-segmented, filiform, long, almost reaching the elytral apex; covered with short sparse setae; scape long, club-shaped; pedicel robust and more than two times shorter than scape; antennomeres III-IX very elongate, sub-equal, almost as long as scape; antennomere X very slightly shorter than previous ones; antennomere XI elongate with rounded apex.</paragraph>
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Fig. 1.
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in Baltic amber (BaA06RU). A: Holotype, habitus (lateral view), scale bar = 500
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m; B: Holotype, habitus (frontal view), scale bar = 400
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m; C: Holotype, detail of tarsomeres and claws, scale bar = 50
<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA239893FC1FFD3B14A2" bold="true" box="[693,708,918,942]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">P</emphasis>
m; D: Holotype, detail of antenna, scale bar = 1.0 mm.
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Fig. 2.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA239B50F9F5FDC81198" box="[374,567,1660,1684]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Kuskaella petriolii</emphasis>
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in Baltic amber (BaA06RU).A: Holotype, detail of head and pronotum, scale bar = 100
<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA239BF7F917FE1F11BA" bold="true" box="[465,480,1694,1718]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">P</emphasis>
m; B: Holotype, detail of elytra (lateral view), scale bar = 500
<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA239E7AF917FB9411BA" bold="true" box="[1116,1131,1694,1718]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">P</emphasis>
m; C: Holotype, detail of humeral zone, scale bar = 500
<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA2398AEF949FD6811D4" bold="true" box="[648,663,1728,1752]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">P</emphasis>
m; D: Holotype, detail of elytral apex, scale bar = 400
<emphasis id="B921816FFFAABA239EECF949FB2611D4" bold="true" box="[1226,1241,1728,1752]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">P</emphasis>
m.
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Fig. 3.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFABBA229B0BFC53FE0B14FE" box="[301,500,986,1010]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Kuskaella petriolii</emphasis>
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in Baltic amber (BaA06RU). Holotype, detail of pronotum, scale bar = 100
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m.
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<paragraph id="8BEA5D7DFFABBA229AC5FB4AFDE0124E" blockId="3.[227,737,1219,1346]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Sternum sub-quadrate and robust, abdominal segments strongly transverse, pubescence short, last sternite triangular and narrower than last tergite. Aedeagus not visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA5D7DFFABBA229AC5FAE6FB16139A" blockId="3.[227,737,1390,1724]" lastBlockId="3.[774,1285,1115,1175]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Legs short and robust; coxae extremely massive; trochanteres small, slightly elongated and roundish at apex; femora robust, enlarged, not curved; tibiae cylindrical; protibiae shorter than profemora; mesotibiae as long as mesofemora (or very slightly longer); metatibiae longer than metafemora; tarsal formula 5-5-5; first tarsomere elongated, slightly widened apically and approximately 1.6 times as long as second; second elongated; third shorter than previous; fourth bilobed; fifth elongated and flat; claws simple with a very small obtuse denticle at the base.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFABBA229920FB4AFC8713D7" bold="true" box="[774,888,1219,1243]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Etymology</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BEA5D7DFFABBA229920FA8EFB5A1268" blockId="3.[774,1285,1287,1380]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
The new species is dedicated to our friend Andrea Petrioli (Asciano,
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), specialist of endogenous fauna, especially
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.
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFABBA229920FA18FC7D12A5" bold="true" box="[774,898,1425,1449]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Discussion</emphasis>
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Mouth characters of
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFABBA2299C2FA5FFBAE12E2" box="[996,1105,1494,1518]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Kuskaella</emphasis>
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provide a strong basis to classify this genus in the
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, but the fact that the mandibles are not visible in all known specimens leaves it questionable to its exact systematic position.
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In fact, though long elytra are only known in Malchinini
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, Mimoplatycini
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and some extinct Malthinini Kiesenwetter, 1852 (
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;
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;
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), and the pronotal structure excludes Mimoplatycini, the absence of the mandibular characters does not allow discriminating between the remaining tribes.
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In addition,
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFACBA259BF7FD85FDB51528" box="[465,586,524,548]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Kuskaella</emphasis>
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shows a peculiar aedeagus with a very elongated lobe, which is rounded-globular at the apex and equipped with a horizontal appendix (
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).
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considered
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as the most recently evolved subfamily within
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, but their subsequent discovery in the Cretaceous Burmese amber (
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Hsiao
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2016
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; Fanti 2017), suggested that this subfamily (
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;
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; Parisi &amp;
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) is however older than assumed, back-dating even more the origin of
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.
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According to
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,
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<emphasis id="B921816FFFACBA259B09FBBBFE631346" box="[303,412,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Kuskaella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be a specialized genus; however, the elongated elytra and the unspecialized urites make considering this taxon as the basis of the lineage of
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, close to Malchinini, from which it differs in the peculiar aedeagus.
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