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settlement (formerly Palmnicken),
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(Samland) peninsula, the
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Body oblong, subparallel-sided, moderately convex dorsally; uniformly black, coarsely punctate, bare. Total body length about
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The epithet of this new species [Latin adjective “
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uncrowned, deprived of the crown] refers to its non-denticulate frontoclypeus and genae.
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCF8B64FF61F930968EF95F" bold="true" box="[199,461,1732,1759]" pageId="1" pageNumber="419">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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is placed in the genus
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within the tribe
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on the basis of the following morphological characters: small size (slightly larger than
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); pronotal lateral sides widely explanate, denticulate and not-margined; anterior pronotal angles distinct but not strongly produced forwards; elytral intervals and pronotal surface with sharp granules; eyes distinctly and deeply emarginate by genae anteriorly; head with pair of short horns; epipleuron distinctly wider than metanepisternum.
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The newly described fossil species clearly differs from the extant European
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and
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCF8B64FF63F868967CF835" box="[197,319,1948,1973]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="419">E. armatus</emphasis>
(Panzer)
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in having the frontoclypeus and genae without denticulation (in contrast both extant species have distinct, well-developed denticulation on the head anteriorly); less numerous lateral denticles of pronotum; apical antennomere shorter than antennomeres 9 and 10 combined; and smaller body size.
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<paragraph id="926636F8FFCC8B67FF31F855960CF85D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1953,2014]" pageId="2" pageNumber="420">
<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCC8B67FF31F855967EF83A" bold="true" box="[151,317,1953,1978]" pageId="2" pageNumber="420">FIGURES 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCC8B67FEE3F856950DF83A" box="[325,590,1954,1978]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="420">Eledonoprius incoronatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCC8B67FDF1F85695EAF83A" bold="true" box="[599,681,1954,1978]" pageId="2" pageNumber="420">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB9E5791FFCC8B67FDF1F85695EAF83A" box="[599,681,1954,1978]" pageId="2" pageNumber="420" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype: 1 habitus, dorsal view; 2 habitus, lateral view. Scale bars represent 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="926636F8FFCD8B66FF31F85F952FF868" blockId="3.[151,1436,1963,2024]" pageId="3" pageNumber="421">
<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCD8B66FF31F85F9678F844" bold="true" box="[151,315,1963,1988]" pageId="3" pageNumber="421">FIGURES 34.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCD8B66FEE4F85F950AF843" box="[322,585,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="421">Eledonoprius incoronatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCD8B66FDF6F85F95E3F843" bold="true" box="[592,672,1963,1987]" pageId="3" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB9E5791FFCD8B66FDF6F85F95E3F843" box="[592,672,1963,1987]" pageId="3" pageNumber="421" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype: 3 habitus, ventral view; 4 forebody, ventral view. Scale bars represent 0.5 mm (Fig. 3) and 0.2 mm (Fig.4).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="926636F8FFCA8B61FF31F857960CF85F" blockId="4.[151,1436,1955,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="422">
<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCA8B61FF31F8579678F83C" bold="true" box="[151,315,1955,1980]" pageId="4" pageNumber="422">FIGURES 56.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCA8B61FEE4F850950AF83B" box="[322,585,1956,1980]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="422">Eledonoprius incoronatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCA8B61FDF6F85095E3F83C" bold="true" box="[592,672,1956,1980]" pageId="4" pageNumber="422">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB9E5791FFCA8B61FDF6F85095E3F83C" box="[592,672,1956,1980]" pageId="4" pageNumber="422" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype: 5 genitalia, lateral view; 6 forebody, lateral view. Scale bars represent 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="DAC36573FFCB8B60FF61FF6D95F8FEC3" pageId="5" pageNumber="423" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="926636F8FFCB8B60FF61FF6D95F8FEC3" blockId="5.[151,1437,152,323]" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">
<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCB8B60FF61FF6D9677FF33" bold="true" box="[199,308,153,179]" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">Remarks</emphasis>
. The new species superficially resembles (possibly, due to evolutionary parallelism and adaptation to similar ecological niche) the zopherid species
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCB8B60FD1DFF4894E1FF56" box="[699,930,188,214]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">Endophloeus gorskii</emphasis>
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from Baltic amber (
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), but differs in is glabrous body (elytra with apparent scale-like setae in
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCB8B60FB5CFF1492CFFF7A" box="[1274,1420,224,250]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">Endophloeus</emphasis>
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), tarsal formula 5-5-4 (4-4-
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCB8B60FE45FEF09536FE9E" box="[483,629,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">Endophloeus</emphasis>
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), antennae without distinct club (in contrast to distinct 2-segmented club in
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<emphasis id="A0ADEAEAFFCB8B60FF12FEDC9605FEC2" box="[180,326,296,322]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="423">Endophloeus</emphasis>
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), and more transverse pronotum.
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