Kleinzaches, Alekseev & Tomaszewska, 2018

Alekseev, Vitalii I. & Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2018, New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene, Palaeontologia Electronica (6 A) 21 (1), pp. 1-23 : 5

Genus KLEINZACHES gen. nov.

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Type species. Kleinzaches germanicianus sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Combination of small overall body size (1.45 mm), antennae composed of 10 antennomeres, long lateral sulci reaching three-quarters of pronotal length, dorsum convex and covered with long semierect pubescence, pronotum bordered laterally and with weakly bisinuate posterior margin, regularly punctured elytra, long ventrite 1, tarsal formula 3-3-4 and appendiculate tarsal claws distinguishes Kleinzaches from all currently described extant and extinct genera of Anamorphidae .

Etymology. The name of the new genus is derived from “klein Zaches” —a character in the fairy-tale “Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober” (“Little Zaches, acclaimed as Zinnober”). The tale was written by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822), a famous Prussian author of fantasy and Gothic horror, born in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). The gender of the new genus is masculine.

Composition. The new genus is monotypic.