Balticoroma n. gen. Photos 143-151

Remark: WEITSCHAT & WICHARD (2002: 72) published the name Balticorma (misspelling!) as a nomen nudum; see below, B. serafinorum .

Diagnosis: A "paracymbium" is present as a large retrodorsal outgrowth (fig. 5b, 13), several bulbus sclerites and a large functional conductor are present.

Type species: Balticoroma reschi n. sp. -

Further species: Four fossil species (see the cladogram) as well as one or two extant species from SE-Asia: B. maculosa (Ol 1960) (sub Comaroma, n. comb.) and probably B. nakahirai (YAGINUMA 1959) (sub Archerius, later transferred to Comaroma)? unknown) (questionable n. comb.).

Relationships: See Comaroma .

Distribution: Extant: SE-Asia (Japan, Korea), fossil: Baltic amber forest, incl. Bitterfeld.