Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi Lyubarsky et Bukejs, 2022

Lyubarsky, Georgy Yu., Alekseev, Vitalii & Bukejs, Andris, 2023, A new fossil species and new record of Atomaria Stephens (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Eocene Baltic amber, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 241-248 : 247

Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi Lyubarsky et Bukejs, 2022

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Material examined. One specimen AWI-143 [ CVIA], Baltic amber; adult, sex unknown. Syninclusions: absent .

Note. The beetle (total length 1.57 mm) has antennomere 3 elongated, about 2× longer than wide, slightly shorter than antennomere 2; antennomeres 9 and 10 strongly transverse; pronotum about 1.5× wider than long; pronotal disc convex; pronotum distinctly narrowed toward base; lateral side borders of pronotum visible from above only in basal half of its length; and pronotum maximum width nearly in middle of its length. The abovementioned characters allow us to assign this specimen to A. alekseevi .

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FIGURES 6–7. Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi Lyubarsky et Bukejs, No AWI-143 [CVIA]: 6—habitus, dorso-lateral view; 7—habitus, ventro-lateral view. Body length of specimen is 1.57 mm.