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| Vetuprostomis angularis Li & Cai sp. nov., in Li, Hsiao, Huang & Cai, 2022. |
Abstract
Two new species of the prostomid genus Vetuprostomis Engel & Grimaldi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae), V. angularis Li & Cai sp. nov. and V. gaoi Li & Cai sp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Vetuprostomis is suggested to be more closely related to extant Dryocora Pascoe distributed in Australia and New Zealand, rather than the widespread genus Prostomis Latreille. A key to prostomid genera, as well as species in genus Vetuprostomis, is provided.
Keywords: Coleoptera, Prostomidae, fossil, Burmese amber, Cretaceous, paleobiogeography
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| General habitus of Vetuprostomis angularis Li & Cai sp. nov., holotype, NIGP177907, under incident light. A, Dorsal view. B, Ventral view. Scale bars: 1.5 mm. |
Yan-Da Li, Yun Hsiao, Di-Ying Huang and Chen-Yang Cai. 2022. New Species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous Amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae). Zootaxa. 5125(5); 563-574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.6
