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A New Genus and Species of Malachite Beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) in Baltic Amber

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A new genus and species of malachite beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae), Protomauroania chaetophorata Tshernyshev, gen. et sp. nov. are described from Late Eocene Baltic amber. The beetle belongs to subfamily Danaceinae, and is similar to the genus Mauroania Majer, 1997 due to the scalloped lateral side of pronotum, but differs in the following characters: antennae with 6-segmented club, surface covered with rufous-brown long semi-erect strong setae, and the strongly elongate basal tarsomeres in the hind tarsi.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to Christel and Hans Werner Hoffeins for the opportunity to investigate the inclusions of beetles in amber.

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This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 19-04-00465-a), as well as by the Program of Basic Scientific Research (FNI) of the State Academies of Sciences for, project No. FWGS-2021-0004

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  1. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    S. E. Tshernyshev

  2. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    S. E. Tshernyshev & M. V. Shcherbakov

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Tshernyshev, S.E., Shcherbakov, M.V. A New Genus and Species of Malachite Beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) in Baltic Amber. Paleontol. J. 55, 174–178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030121020039

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