A new genus and species of Lebiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from late Eocene Rovno amber

ABSTRACT

The first ground beetle, Antephilorhizus pripiatiensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from late Eocene Rovno amber. The new genus Antephilorhizus is placed within the subtribe Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810 and similar to the extant Philorhizus Hope, but it differs by the weakly obliquely truncate apex of the elytra, unidentate mentum tooth, four setae on the apical margin of the labrum, tarsomere V of the hind tarsus is shorter than tarsomere I, and a series of umbilicate setae from 4 + 1 + 4 + 1. Comparative analysis is provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E8E0F3EE-F0E6-42D5-9C45-ADDF1B22773C

KEYWORDS:

• Dromiusina
• ground beetle
• fossil
• amber
• new taxa

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Anatoly P. Vlaskin (SIZK) for cutting and polishing of the sample, for discussion, to Riccardo Sciaky (University of Milan), Joachim Schmidt (Universität Rostock) and unknown reviewers for the valuable comments that significantly improved the manuscript. We thank the Riccardo Sciaky and to Sarah C. Crews (California Academy of Sciences) for editing of the English text.

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