Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 2013

Fanti, Fabrizio & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, Key to fossil Malthininae, with description of two new species in Baltic amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17 (1), pp. 19-27 : 19-27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10667561

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10886701

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B73346-FFD1-F574-FCA7-F8F4FB09B11D

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scientific name

Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 2013
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Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 2013

Fanti F., Vitali F.

hiding in particular the sternum and the sides, but the last globular maxillary palpomere attributes it clearly to Malthininae , while the number of abdominal segments and the pronotal structure belong to the genus Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 2013 .

Mimoplatycis bicolor n. sp. differs from the only known species - M. notha Kazantsev, 2013 from Baltic and Rovno amber - in the pronotum with rounded basal angles (prominent in M. notha ) and with different discal ridges: more enlarged apically and delimiting a very small smooth area before the base.

Furthermore, Mimoplatycis bicolor n. sp. shows reddish elytra with a triangular black spot at base, while M. notha shows elytra completely dark or obscured at apex.

Description. Male. Body length: 3.6 mm; elongate; head, pronotum and a posteriorly concave band on each elytral base blackish; elytra reddish brown; limbs dark brownish.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cantharidae

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