Tyrannothroscus rex, 2019

Muona, Jyrki, 2019, Throscidae (Coleoptera) relationships, with descriptions of new fossil genera and species, Zootaxa 4576 (3), pp. 521-543 : 530

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.6

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3716786

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D387E9-FFAE-7777-FF6F-EC40FF51FB94

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scientific name

Tyrannothroscus rex
status

sp. nov.

Tyrannothroscus rex new species

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Type material. Holotype labeled: Tyrannothroscus rex n. sp. / HOLOTYPE /J.Muona des. 10-2015. Reported to have been found from Jantarny. Sex unknown. Embedded in clear, flat, droplet-shaped Baltic Amber piece, 30 mm x 19 mm, narrow end with drilled hole with an attached silver loop for use as a pendant. A small number of tiny plant remains are present as well ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 ).

Diagnosis. Easily recognized by the generic characters and in the key below

Description. Length 8.2 mm. Head and pronotum with relatively sparse and fine punctation, on pronotum punctures of variable size, mostly small, microsculpture dense, isodiametric ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ). Elytral striae sharp, minutely punctate, interstices very wide, anteriorly flat, towards apex convex ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). Venter strongly and moderately densely punctate, densest on first and second abdominal segment, vestiture visible on abdomen only, sparse, hairs fairly long.

Etymology. Tyrannothroscus rex is the largest throscid known. This in combination with the massive “eyebrows” creating an aggressive, fierce look and the wide body suggest it was a real monster among its own kind.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Throscidae

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