Cretakarenni, Peris & Delclòs, 2015

Peris, David & Delclòs, Xavier, 2015, Fossil Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from Laurasian Cretaceous amber, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 15 (2), pp. 333-342 : 335

Genus Cretakarenni gen. nov. ( Figs. 1 and 2 )

Etymology The new genus-group is a combination of the Greek word Cretaceous and the Burmese word karenni, a Tibetan-Burmese ethnic minority of Myanmar whose women decorate their necks with rings, making them look long.

Figures

Fig. 1 C. birmanicus sp. nov., JZC Bu–33C, holotype, from Myanmar; a photo and camera lucida illustration of dorsal habitus; b photo and camera lucida illustration of ventral habitus. Scale bars=0.5 mm. Abbreviations: absutural lines, al; scutellum, sc; notosternal suture, ns; prosternal process, pp; trochantin, tr; abdominal process, ap; postcoxal lines, pl

Fig. 2 C. hispanicus sp. nov., MCNA–8655, holotype, from Spain; a photo and camera lucida illustration of dorsal habitus; b photo and camera lucida illustration of ventral habitus; c camera lucida illustration of protarsi. Scale bars in a, b= 0.5 mm, c=0.1 mm. Abbreviations: absutural lines, al; scutellum, sc; notosternal suture, ns; prosternal process, pp; trochantin, tr; abdominal process, ap; postcoxal lines, pl