Anobiini Fleming, 1821

Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I., Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & Mckellar, Ryan C., 2017, Contributions to the palaeofauna of Ptinidae (Coleptera) known from Baltic amber, Zootaxa 4344 (1), pp. 181-188 : 182

Tribe Anobiini Fleming, 1821

Genus Hemicoelus LeConte, 1861

Remarks. The specimen considered here was assigned to the genus Hemicoelus within the tribe Anobiini , on the basis of the following morphological characters: (1) distinctly clubbed antennae with antennomeres 9–11 longer than the preceding five antennomeres combined; (2) procoxae distinctly separated by a parallel-sided intercoxal process; (3) pubescence of body dorsal surface unicolourous and homogeneous, without long erect setae; (4) all abdominal ventrite sutures distinct throughout length, with ventrites 3 and 4 subequal in length; (5) metathoracic ventrite with a deep anterior impression not reaching its middle; (6) elytral apices indistinctly truncated, not tapered.