† CRETOCANTHARIS GEN. NOV.

(FIGS 3–4)

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Type species: † Cretocantharis veda .

Diagnosis: Body small (c. 2.5 mm) (Fig. 3); eyes large, hemispherically prominent (Fig. 4A, B); apical maxillary palpomere bilaterally symmetric, securiform; mandibles simple, without tooth on the inner margin; antennae filiform, pedicel and antennomere 3 subequal in length (Fig. 3A). Pronotum subquadrate, parallel-sided, with a shallow median groove (Fig. 4C). Elytra slightly shortened, disc deeply punctate and reticulate, with longitudinal costae and inconspicuous cells (Fig. 4D). Legs elongate, with lobed tarsomere 4 and simple claws (Figs 3, 4F).

Etymology: The name is composed of the prefix Creto derived from the Cretaceous and the Greek word κάνθαρισ, a beetle, derived from the genus Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758, type of Cantharidae . Gender: feminine.