Sucinocantharis baltica, Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010

Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010, New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, Zootaxa 2400, pp. 49-56 : 52-53

Sucinocantharis baltica sp. nov.

( Figs 7 – 9 )

Diagnosis. Antennae 16-segmented; body distinctly flattened; legs long and flattened, tarsi 5-segmented, claws of protarsi with denticles at the base.

Etymology. Patronym, named according to Baltic amber.

Description. Body ( Fig. 7 ) length 8.0 mm. Head slightly visible (covered by white aeriform emmulsion). Eyes strongly convex, well visible, pale brown. Maxillary palp with the last segment triangular, last segment of labial palp triangular. Antennae ( Fig. 8 ) almost as long as elytra, brown, pubescent, 16-segmented, and inserted close to inner-lower margin of eye; segment 1 club-shaped and segment 2 almost cylindrical, segment 1 twice as long as segment 2; segments 3 to 8 saucer-shaped, deeply hollowed, subconical in dorsal view, irregular-polygonal-shaped in other views; segment 10 saucer-shaped and the shortest; terminal segments filiform with segment 11 the wides; segment 16 slightly and secondarily separated in two parts. Pronotum black, shiny, slightly pubescent, trapezoid, widest at base; disc with two slightly raised protuberances at sides near base. Epimeron large, circular, and developed only in anterior half of pronotum. Scutellum small, triangular, hind part blunt. Elytral surface rough, black, shiny, and covered by erected bristles. Sternites of abdomen brown, with thick, recumbent pubescence. Tarsal ( Fig. 9 ) segment 1 as long as segments 2 and 3; all three slightly widened at apex; segment 4 almost cut at base; segment 5 cylindrical; tarsal claws slender with denticles at base.

Materials examined. Type material. Holotype, No. 1441 - 1, male; Eocene, Baltic amber ( DEI). Syninclusions. Diptera : Bibionidae .

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 9. Sucinocantharis baltica sp. nov. 7. Holotype, lateral view. 8. Left antennae. 9. Tarsus.