Cretoattagenus coziki Háva, 2020

Háva, J., 2020, New data on the subfamily Attageninae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Far Eastern Entomologist 420, pp. 14-19 : 17

Cretoattagenus coziki Háva , sp. n.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ C12D4680-6E58-4651-9BF5-F27135CEE685

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TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – male, Myanmar: Kachin State, Hukawng Valley; Cretaceous, lowermost Cenomanian. The complete beetle is included in a transparent amber piece, with dimensions of 13×10× 5 mm. Syninclusions consist of numerous organic particles.

Holotype deposited in Jiří Háva , Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Praguewest, Czech Republic.

DESCRIPTION. Body small, oval, narrow, visible from one side only. Head, pronotum,

elytra and ventral body parts dark brown. Body length 2.0 mm (in amber situation). Head slightly destroyed, median ocellus present. Palpomeres short, light, narrow. Antennae composed with 11 antennomeres with a 5 segmented antennal club. Compound eyes very large.

Pronotum and elytra covered by short, dark, recumbent setae. Scutellum triangular. Abdomen with 5 visible ventrites covered by short recumbent dark setae. Ventrites I-IV slightly arched medially. Meso-metasternum obscured. Legs robust, femora broad, tibiae with long spines along shaft, middle and posterior tarsi narrow and long, claws very narrow and long. Genitalia not visible.

ETYMOLOGY. The new species is dedicated to my friend, František Čožík (Benešov,

Czech Republic), specialist in amber inclusions.

LIST OF DERMESTIDAE KNOWN FROM CRETACEOUS BURMESE AMBER

Subfamily Attageninae

Tribe Attagenini Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

Figures

Figs 3–5. Cretoattagenus coziki sp. n., male. 3 – habitus, lateral aspect; 4 – legs; 5 –