Mistran ot, Alekseev et Bukejs, 2016

Alekseev, Vitalii I., Bukejs, Andris, Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & McKellar, Ryan C., 2019, A new species of Airaphilus Redtenbacher and new record of fossil Silvanidae (Coleoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian Peninsula, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 19 (2), pp. 127-134 : 131-132

Mistran ot Alekseev et Bukejs, 2016

Figs. 3–4

Material examined. One specimen with collection number RSKM_P3300.81 , in Baltic amber, Yantarny , Kaliningrad region, Russia . Complete beetle included in small, transparent, yellow amber piece with dimensions of 8×4× 3 mm. Syninclusions absent. Body length of beetle is 2.7 mm, maximum width is 0.9 mm, and preserved colour is black.

Note. The postcoxal lines of ventrite 1 were not described in the holotype of Mistran ot; they are closed in specimen RSKM _ P 3300.81. The body size variability is established based on the presented material: the body length varies 2.55 mm (holotype) – 2.7 mm (the specimen RSKM _ P 3300.81).

Figures

Fig. 3. Mistran ot Alekseev et Bukejs from Baltic amber, RSKM_P3300.81: A, B – dorsal habitus photomicrograph, and corresponding SR x-ray μCT rendering; C, D – ventral habitus photomicrograph, and corresponding SR x-ray μCT rendering. Scale bars represent 1.0 mm.

Fig. 4. Mistran ot Alekseev et Bukejs from Baltic amber, RSKM_P3300.81:A, B – right lateral habitus photomicrograph, and corresponding SR xray μCT rendering; C, D – left lateral habitus photomicrograph, and corresponding SR x-ray μCT rendering; E – anterior habitus SR x-ray μCT renderin