A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp nov from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)

作者：Kolibac Jiri^*; Schmied Heiko; Wappler Torsten; Kubisz Daniel

来源：Zootaxa, 2010, 2620(2620): 29-44.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.2620.1.2

• Coleoptera
• Trogossitidae
• Lophocaterinae
• new species
• new genus
• Promanodes serafini
• Promanus
• New Zealand
• Baltic amber
• Eocene
• biogeography

A new genus and species of Trogossitidae (Lophocaterinae: Lophocaterini), Promanodes serafini, is described from Baltic amber. The fossil is considered related to three species of the extant Promanus Sharp, 1877 from New Zealand. It differs from the latter especially in larger postcoxal projection and coniform maxillary palpi. A close morphological similarity between recent and fossil representatives of the both genera allows to suppose predaceous way of life of the new Eocene species. All extant species of the genus Promanus are reviewed, their types illustrated and a differential diagnosis given. Biogeography of Promanus is discussed.

• 出版日期2010-9-22