New species of Vetuprostomis from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae)

Zootaxa. 2022 Apr 13;5125(5):563-574. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.5.6.

Abstract

Two new species of the prostomid genus Vetuprostomis Engel Grimaldi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae), V. angularis Li Cai sp. nov. and V. gaoi Li Cai sp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Vetuprostomis is suggested to be more closely related to extant Dryocora Pascoe distributed in Australia and New Zealand, rather than the widespread genus Prostomis Latreille. A key to prostomid genera, as well as species in genus Vetuprostomis, is provided.

MeSH terms

  • Amber*
  • Animals
  • Coleoptera*
  • Fossils
  • Myanmar

Substances

  • Amber